Systematic review of epidemiological studies on health effects associated with management of solid waste

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Porta, Daniela ^a   Milani, Simona ^a   Lazzarino, Antonio I ^a,b   Perucci, Carlo A ^a   Forastiere, Francesco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AIR POLLUTANT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCINERATION; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 76749148167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-60     Document Type: Review

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