Health survey of residents living near farm fields permitted to receive biosolids

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-11

  Khuder, Sadik ^a   Milz, Sheryl A ^a   Bisesi, Michael ^a   Vincent, Robert ^b   McNulty, Wendy ^c   Czajkowski, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Epidemiology; Health survey

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTION; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOSOLID; BLOATING; BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FIELD WORK; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GIARDIASIS; HOUSEHOLD; JAUNDICE; LACRIMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ULCER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 45549102067     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.62.1.5-11     Document Type: Article

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