An aggregate public health indicator to represent the impact of multiple environmental exposures

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 606-617

  De Hollander, Augustinus E M ^a   Melse, Johan M ^a   Lebret, Erik ^a   Kramers, Pieter G N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability adjusted life year (DALY); Environmental exposure; Health impact assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NETHERLANDS; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032783878     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199909000-00030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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