Addressing soil impacts on public health: Issues and recommendations

Soils and Human Health

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 259-295

  Neff, Roni A ^a   Carmona, Cheryl ^b   Kanter, Rebecca ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84960463648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b13683     Document Type: Chapter

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