Using national and local extant data to characterize environmental exposures in the national children's study: Queens County, New York

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1494-1504

  Lioy, Paul J ^a   Isukapalli, Sastry S ^a   Trasande, Leonardo ^b   Thorpe, Lorna ^c   Dellarco, Michael ^d   Weisel, Clifford ^a   Georgopoulos, Panos G ^a   Yung, Christopher ^a   Brown, Margot ^d   Landrigan, Philip J ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental measurements; EXIS; Exposure index; Exposure information system; Microinventories; National children's study; National databases; NCS

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; LEAD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449579131     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900623     Document Type: Review

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