Associations between outdoor air pollution and daily mortality in Brisbane, Australia

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 442-454

  Simpson, Rod W ^a   Petroeschevsky, Anna ^a   Rutherford, Shannon ^a   Williams, Gail ^b   Morgan, Geoff ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031433813     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602223     Document Type: Article

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