Comparative environmental health assessments: A brief introduction and application in China

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1140, Issue , 2008, Pages 31-39

  Smith, Kirk R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Climate change health risks; Community environmental health risks; Environmental risk transition; Household environmental health risks

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 54949112832     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1454.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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