Guest Editorial: Norton Nelson’s Legacy: The Science of Environmental Health
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Guest Editorial: Norton Nelson’s Legacy: The Science of Environmental Health
The field of environmental health science is now a recognized and respected branch of science in American and worldwide academia. One of the pioneers who had a major role in the establishment of environmental health as a true scientific discipline was Norton Nelson, the founder and first chair of the Department and the Institute of Environmental Medicine at New York University (NYU), which now ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.114-a78