What's at risk?: Environmental influences on human health

Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 24-39

  Eyles, John ^a,b   Consitt, Nicole ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Sociology ^*  (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; DIOXIN; LEAD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSQUITO; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; REVIEW; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 5144229317     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: 19399154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00139150409604402     Document Type: Article

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