Hazard potential ranking of hazardous waste landfill sites and risk of congenital anomalies
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Hazard potential ranking of hazardous waste landfill sites and risk of congenital anomalies.
BACKGROUND A 33% increase in the risk of congenital anomalies has been found among residents near hazardous waste landfill sites in a European collaborative study (EUROHAZCON). AIMS To develop and evaluate an expert panel scoring method of the hazard potential of EUROHAZCON landfill sites, and to investigate whether sites classified as posing a greater potential hazard are those with a greate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.11.768