A geological analysis for the environmental cause of human birth defects based on GIS

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 551-559

  Li, Xinhu ^a   Wang, Jinfeng ^b   Liao, Yelan ^a,c   Meng, Bin ^a   Zheng, Xiaoying ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Fault; Geo analysis; Radon; Rock stratum

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIRTH DEFECTS; FAULT; GEO-ANALYSIS; RADON; ROCK STRATUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ABNORMALITY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33746893010     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930600803282     Document Type: Article

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