The contribution of systematic review and meta-analysis methods to human health risk assessment: Neurobehavioral effects of manganese

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1250-1272

  Peters, Jaime L ^a,c   Sutton, Alex J ^a   Jones, David R ^a   Abrams, Keith R ^a   Rushton, Lesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Manganese; Meta analysis; Risk assessment; Systematic review; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 57249101802     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030802494592     Document Type: Article

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