A regional approach to assess the impact of living in a chemical world

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1076, Issue , 2006, Pages 829-838

  De Rosa, Christopher T ^a   Hicks, Heraline E ^a   Ashizawa, Annette E ^a   Pohl, Hana R ^a   Mumtaz, M Moiz ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chemical mixtures; Community based research; Great Lakes; Human health; Persistent toxic substances; Syndromic surveillance; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY BURDEN; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDLIFE;

EID: 33845798000     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1371.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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