Ecological integrity of streams related to human cancer mortality rates

EcoHealth

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-104

  Hitt, Nathaniel P ^a   Hendryx, Michael ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic macroinvertebrates; cancer; coal mining; Ecological integrity; streams

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; COAL MINING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 77955306906     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0297-y     Document Type: Article

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