Chronic disease and early exposure to air-borne mixtures: 1. The environmental quality database

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7178-7184

  Argo, James ^a  

^a IntrAmericas Centre for Environment and Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BORNE MIXTURES; POINT SOURCES; RETROSPECTIVE EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; ONCOLOGY;

DISEASES;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; ONCOLOGY;

CANCER; DATABASE; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35348889761     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0714538     Document Type: Article

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