Evidence-based selection of environmental factors and datasets for measuring multiple environmental deprivation in epidemiological research

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Richardson, Elizabeth A ^a   Mitchell, Richard J ^b   Shortt, Niamh K ^a   Pearce, Jamie ^a   Dawson, Terence P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RADON;

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH; INDUSTRY; NOISE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POLLUTION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 73549103892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-S1-S18     Document Type: Article

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