Non-chemical stressors and cumulative risk assessment: An overview of current initiatives and potential air pollutant interactions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2020-2073

  Lewis, Ari S ^a   Sax, Sonja N ^a   Wason, Susan C ^b   Campleman, Sharan L ^c  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Cumulative risk assessment; Social stress; Socioeconomic status; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; LEAD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS;

EID: 79959836529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8062020     Document Type: Review

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