Evaluating the community health legacy of WWI chemical weapons testing

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-103

  Fox, Mary ^a   Curriero, Frank ^a   Kulbicki, Kathryn ^b   Resnick, Beth ^a   Burke, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health assessment; Environmental health; Hazard assessment; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WAR; WEAPON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOIL; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; WEAPONS; WORLD WAR I; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449102302     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-009-9188-y     Document Type: Article

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