From endocrine disruptors to nanomaterials: Advancing our understanding of environmental health to protect public health

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 814-822

  Birnbaum, Linda S ^a   Jung, Paul ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CIGARETTE SMOKE; COAL; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LEAD; NANOMATERIAL; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RADON; STEEL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER; ZINC;

ACID RAIN; AIR; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLEAN AIR ACT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; EPIGENETICS; EXHAUST GAS; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD QUALITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MORTALITY; MOULD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE ACT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RED TIDE; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SMELTER; SMOG; SMOKE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051487544     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1225     Document Type: Article

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