Comment: Toward a coordinated system for the surveillance of environmental health hazards

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 638-641

  Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029915764     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.5.638     Document Type: Review

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