Lessons for study of the health effects of oil spills

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 540-541

  Savitz, David A ^a   Engel, Lawrence S ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL HISTORY; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM;

EID: 78751628667     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-8-201010190-00276     Document Type: Editorial

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