Health Survey of Residents Living Near Farm Fields Permitted to Receive Biosolids
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Health survey of residents living near farm fields permitted to receive biosolids.
The authors studied the health status of residents living in Wood County, OH, near farm fields that were permitted to receive biosolids. They mailed a health survey to 607 households and received completed surveys from 437 people exposed to biosolids (living on or within 1 mile of the fields where application was permitted) and from 176 people not exposed to biosolids (living more than 1 mile f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1933-8244,2154-4700
DOI: 10.3200/aeoh.62.1.5-11