Health risks in areas close to urban solid waste landfill sites

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 859-866

  Gouveia, Nelson ^a   do Prado, Rogerio Ruscitto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Environmental risks; Geographic information systems; Housing; Mortality rate; Neoplasms; Sanitary landfill; Solid wastes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77958581844     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102010005000029     Document Type: Article

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