Permissible daily airborne particle mass levels encompass brief excursions to the “london fog” range, which may contribute to daily mortality and morbidity in communities

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 385-394

  Michaels, Robert A ^a  

^a RAM TRAC Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOG; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0031781112     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10389562     Document Type: Article

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