Hazardous-chemical releases in the home

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Ruckart, Perri Zeitz ^a   Orr, Maureen F ^b   Kaye, Wendy E ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECT; AGED; AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL STRATEGY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DIZZINESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES EMERGENCY EVENTS SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HOUSING; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19744382397     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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