Uncertainty, reassurance and pollution: The politics of epidemiology in Teesside

Health and Place

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Phillimore, Peter ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Epidemiology; Mortality; Politics; Teesside

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; TEESIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032169559     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(98)00015-X     Document Type: Article

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