Global health and environmental pollution

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 761-762

  Landrigan, Philip J ^a   Fuller, Richard ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS;

EID: 84946497862     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0706-7     Document Type: Editorial

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