A strategy for developing environmental health indicators for rural Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Pong, Raymond W ^a   Pitblado, Roger J ^a   Irvine, Andrew ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036759106     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405119     Document Type: Article

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