Mortality among former love canal residents

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-216

  Gensburg, Lenore J ^a   Pantea, Cristian ^b   Fitzgerald, Edward ^a   Stark, Alice ^b   Hwang, Syni An ^b   Kim, Nancy ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Exposure assessment; Hazardous waste sites; Love canal; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL WASTE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANDFILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; NEW YORK; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60749134785     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11350     Document Type: Article

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