Evolution of Environmental Epidemiologic Risk Assessment
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Evolution of environmental epidemiologic risk assessment.
Epidemiology has historically played an important role in the recognition of causes for diseases affecting the health of the public. Initially, epidemiology was concerned with infectious diseases. Later it became involved in metabolic and dietary deficiency diseases. Most recently, epidemiology has addressed the question of the public health effects of chemicals from production facilities, acci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3430142