Linking public health and the health of the Chesapeake Bay

Environmental Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-149

  Burke, Thomas A ^a   Litt, Jill S ^a   Fox, Mary A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Environment; Indicators; Public health; Report card

Indexed keywords

BAY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; INDUSTRY; LANDSCAPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033627340     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.3982     Document Type: Article

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