SENTIERI Project: Discussion and conclusions;Progetto SENTIERI: discussione e conclusioni

Epidemiologia e Prevenzione

Volumn 35, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Comba, P ^a   Bianchi, F ^b   Conti, S ^a   Forastiere, F ^c   Iavarone, I ^a   Martuzzi, M ^d   Musmeci, L ^a   Pasetto, R ^a   Zona, A ^a   Pirastu, R ^e  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di epidemiologia del Servizio sanitario regionale   (Italy)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Causality; Environmental pollution; Equity; Prevention; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84860310852     PISSN: 11209763     EISSN: 23851937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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