Health impacts of coal: Facts and fallacies

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-106

  Finkelman, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARBON; COAL; SELENIUM;

COAL; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLY ASH; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE;

ARSENIC; CARBON; CHINA; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SELENIUM;

EID: 34247134670     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[103:HIOCFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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