Particulate air pollution and respiratory disease in Anchorage, Alaska

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 290-297

  Gordian, Mary Ellen ^a,c   Özkaynak, Halûk ^b   Xue, Jianping ^b   Morris, Stephen S ^a   Spengler, John D ^b  

^a Municipality of Anchorage   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PRO West   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Carbon monoxide; Morbidity; Outpatient visits; Particulate pollution; Pm10

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VOLCANIC ASH; WINTER;

EID: 0029940960     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104290     Document Type: Article

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