Erratum: The relationship between atmospheric lead emissions and aggressive crime: An ecological study (Environmental Health (2016) 15 (23) DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0122-3);The relationship between atmospheric lead emissions and aggressive crime: An ecological study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Taylor, Mark Patrick ^a   Forbes, Miriam K ^a   Opeskin, Brian ^a   Parr, Nick ^a   Lanphear, Bruce P ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive crime; Assault; Childhood; Death; Lead exposure

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; LEAD; AIR POLLUTANT;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD CARE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRIME; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; LEAD; PETROLEUM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMEDIATION; SMELTING; SUBURBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGGRESSION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUSTRALIAN; CHILDHOOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRAUD; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBURBAN AREA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; VIOLENCE;

AUSTRALIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEAD; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84958180385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0204-2     Document Type: Erratum

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