Associations between respiratory illness and pm10 air pollution

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-117

  Choudhury, Askar H ^a   Gordian, Mary Ellen ^b   Morris, Stephen S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b Municipality of Anchorage   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ALASKA; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WEATHER;

EID: 0030893418     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602873     Document Type: Article

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