The Watershed as a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Environmental and Human Health

Environmental Health Insights

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kolok, Alan S ^a,b   Beseler, Cheryl L ^a   Chen, Xun Hong ^c   Shea, Patrick J ^a,c  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

agrichemicals; agricultural runoff; environmental health; epidemiology; hormone disrupting chemicals; watershed

Indexed keywords

EID: 85073241302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/EHI.S1925     Document Type: Review

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