Prevention of war and its environmental consequences

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 3: Anthropogenic Compounds

Volumn 3 U, Issue , 2009, Pages 21-39

  Sidel, Victor W ^a   Levy, Barry S ^b   Slutzman, Jonathan E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Prevention; Public health; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349083685     PISSN: 14336847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87963-3_2     Document Type: Article

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