Raising the standard of systematic reviews published in Environment International

Environment International

Volumn 97, Issue , 2016, Pages 274-276

  Whaley, Paul ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^b   Covaci, Adrian ^c   Alcock, Ruth ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84994119224     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.08.007     Document Type: Editorial

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