Estimating the burden of disease attributable to four selected environmental risk factors in South Africa

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-119

  Norman, Rosana ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^b   Lewin, Simon ^c   Cairncross, Eugene ^d   Nannan, Nadine ^b   Vos, Theo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^d CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Comparative risk assessment; DALYs; Indoor air pollution from household use of solid fuels; Lead exposure; Unsafe water sanitation and hygiene; Urban outdoor air pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; COOKING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COOKING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77956592711     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2010.25.2.87     Document Type: Review

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