Air pollution and its health effects in Beijing

Ecosystem Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 199-209

  Xu, Xiping ^a,b,c   Wang, Lihua ^c   Niu, Tianhua ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

CHINA;

EID: 0032442158     PISSN: 10762825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0992.1998.98096.x     Document Type: Article

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