The hidden costs of environmental contamination

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-288

  Landrigan, Philip J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; METHYLMERCURY;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN DAMAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; DANGEROUS GOODS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LANDFILL; LEAD POISONING; LUNG INJURY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN INJURY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ASTHMA; HUMANS;

EID: 84864772153     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00006112     Document Type: Editorial

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