Trend of air pollution and its effect on human health in Hiroshima prefecture: A retrospective study in the cities of Otake, Kure, Mihara, Takehara, Fukuyama and Kaita Town, 1977-1992

Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 43-50

  Setiani, Onny ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambient air pollution; BMRC questionnaire; Health symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETION; TIME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEARS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030157699     PISSN: 00182052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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