Studies of hazardous waste sites and human health: Evaluation of internal validity

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 167-180

  Saunders, L D ^a   Chen, W ^a   Hrudey, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Epidemiology; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642642373     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a97-009     Document Type: Review

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