Air pollution and daily mortality in Sydney, Australia, 1989 through 1993

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 759-764

  Morgan, Geoffrey ^a   Corbett, Stephen ^a   Wlodarczyk, John ^b   Lewis, Peter ^b  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b Newcastle Environ Toxicol Res U   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0031812192     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.5.759     Document Type: Article

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