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Topics in Environmental Epidemiology

✍ Scribed by J. Donald Millar

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 20 KB
Volume: 33
Category: Article
ISSN: 0271-3586
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199802)33:2<190::aid-ajim11>3.0.co;2-w

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✦ Synopsis

on introduction, study design and analysis, and meta-analysis; 12 subject-specific chapters on diet and food, water, outdoor air pollution (particulates, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone), environmental tobacco smoke (childhood diseases, lung cancer, and heart disease), radiation (radon and electromagnetic fields), and lead

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