The global ozone crisis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-17

  Oumeish, Oumeish Youssef ^a,b  

^a Jordanian Dermatological Society   (Jordan)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DISEASE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; LAW; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OZONE LAYER; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0031815671     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(97)00165-X     Document Type: Article

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