Environmental pollution and child health in Central and Eastern Europe

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 307-311

  Fitzgerald, Edward F ^a   Sehell, Lawrence M ^a   Marshall, Elizabeth G ^a   Carpenter, David O ^a   Suk, William A ^b   Zejda, Jan E ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Central Europe; Child health; Eastern Europe; Environmental pollution; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0031904770     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106307     Document Type: Article

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