Epidemiology vs epidemiology: The case of oil exploitation in the Amazon basin of Ecuador [5]

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1170-1172

  Hurtig, Anna Karin ^a   San Sebastian M ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Instituto de Epidemiología y Salud Comunitaria 'Manuel Amuná rri   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL OIL; PETROLEUM;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

CANCER INCIDENCE; DECISION MAKING; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIARRHEA; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FATIGUE; GASTRITIS; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW SUIT; LETTER; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SPILL; OTALGIA; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAIN FOREST; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXIC WASTE; UNITED STATES;

CAUSALITY; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PETROLEUM;

EID: 27544501648     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi151     Document Type: Letter

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