Human contamination by environmental chemical pollutants: Can we assess it more properly?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 560-562

  Porta, Miquel ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; EPIGENETICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOTE; POLLUTANT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BODY BURDEN; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84872395137     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.09.020     Document Type: Note

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