How much global ill health is attributable to environmental factors?

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 573-584

  Smith, Kirk R ^a   Corvalán, Carlos F ^b   Kjellström, Tord ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Warren Hall ^*

Author keywords

Children; Environmental exposures; Environmental health risks; Global factors; Morbidity; Mortality; Populations; Public health

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032794567     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199909000-00027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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