Pollution, health and development: The need for a new paradigm

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 121-124

  Landrigan, Philip J ^a   Fuller, Richard ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Global Alliance on Health and Pollution   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's environmental health; Global health; Health economics; Pollution; Sustainable development goals

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84962767410     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2015-0069     Document Type: Article

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