Environmental risks to public health in the United Arab Emirates: A quantitative assessment and strategic plan

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 681-686

  Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald ^a   Farah, Zeinab S ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental burden of disease; Environmental priorities; Risk assessment; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84861082122     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104064     Document Type: Article

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