A test of association between spatially defined exposure patterns and health outcome risk contours

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2056-2063

  Read, Jessica ^a   Matthews, Ian ^a   Nix, Barry ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; LANDFILL; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK; WALES;

EID: 36749033780     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701601210     Document Type: Article

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