Medicina ambiental

Authors

  • José Manuel Silva Assistente Eventual de Medicina Interna dos HUC
  • Políbio Serra e Silva Assisten­te Convidado da Faculdade de Medicina de Coimbra; Professor Catedrático da Faculdade de Medicina de Coim­ bra. Director dos Serviços de Medicina II dos HUC

Keywords:

Environmental medicine, chemical pollution, incinerators, dioxins

Abstract

Emphasising chemical pollution, the authors present a general panorama of some of the serious problems in the field of Environmental Medicine, deploring its almost complete ig­norance by Classic Medicine. A special menti­on to incinerators and dioxins' toxicity is made.

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Published

1994-06-30

How to Cite

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Silva JM, Serra e Silva P. Medicina ambiental. RPMI [Internet]. 1994 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 18];1(2):134-8. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2455

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (1994): Abril/ Junho

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