Poverty, environment, and health: The role of environmental epidemiology and environmental epidemiologists

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 664-668

  O'Neill, Marie S ^a,f   McMichael, Anthony J ^b   Schwartz, Joel ^c,d   Wartenberg, Daniel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; MATERNAL WELFARE; NOTE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 37349118340     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181570ab9     Document Type: Note

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