The NIEHS superfund research program: 25 years of translational research for public health

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 909-918

  Landrigan, Philip J ^a   Wright, Robert O ^a   Cordero, Jose F ^b   Eaton, David L ^c   Goldstein, Bernard D ^d   Hennig, Bernhard ^e   Maier, Raina M ^f   Ozonoff, David M ^g   Smith, Martyn T ^h   Tukey, Robert H ⁱ  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; LEAD; OBESOGEN; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PHTHALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HAZARDOUS WASTE;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROTOXICITY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLLIC HEALTH; ANALYSIS; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE; HISTORY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (U.S.); PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943277590     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409247     Document Type: Article

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