Response to comment on "Chronic disease and early exposure to air-borne mixtures. 2. Exposure assessment"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2202-2203

  Argo, James ^a  

^a IntrAmericas Centre for Environment and Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC STRESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; LETTER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PULP MILL; SEX RATIO; SMELTER; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 41849147556     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es703079w     Document Type: Letter

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