Biomonitoring of industrial pollutants: Health and policy implications of the chemical body burden

Public Health Reports

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-323

  Thornton, Joseph W ^a   McCally, Michael ^b   Houlihan, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Suite 100   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY BURDEN; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOTE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036664967     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50167-X     Document Type: Editorial

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