The effects of 3 environmental risks on mortality disparities across Mexican communities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 44, 2008, Pages 16860-16865

  Stevens, Gretchen A ^a,b,c   Dias, Rodrigo H ^c,d   Ezzati, Majid ^b,c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Harvard Initiative for Global Health   (United States)

^d MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Environmental justice; Global health; Population health; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEXICO; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAL STATISTICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MEXICO; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55949088290     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808927105     Document Type: Article

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