The relationship of urgent hospital admissions for respiratory illnesses to photochemical air pollution levels in Montreal

Environmental Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 1-19

  Delfino, Ralph J ^a,b,c   Becklake, Margaret R ^a   Hanley, James A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0028073169     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1994.1061     Document Type: Article

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