Air pollution in the Latrobe Valley and its impact upon respiratory morbidity

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 556-561

  Voigt, T ^a   Bailey, M ^a   Abramson, M ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0031794327     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01438.x     Document Type: Article

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