Home is where the heart is - Most of the time [6]

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1264, 2007, Pages

  Baker, Michael ^a   Keall, Michael ^a   Au, Ee Lyn ^a   Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 37249041934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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