Environmental Illness: References

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References

Citations

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Other Works Consulted

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• Hu H (2005). Heavy metal poisoning. In DL Kasper et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th ed., vol. 1, pp. 2577–2580. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005). Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals 2005: Executive summary (NCEH Publication No. 05–0725). Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport.

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Smoking and Health (2006). The health consequences of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke: A report of the Surgeon General. Available online: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke.

Last updated:	November 01, 2007
Author:	Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS
Reviewed By:	Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC