Air pollution and hospital admissions in Sydney, Australia, 1990 to 1994

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1761-1766

  Morgan, Geoffrey ^a   Corbett, Stephen ^a   Wlodarczyk, John ^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;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0032440792     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.12.1761     Document Type: Article

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