Ambient and exhaled carbon monoxide levels in a high traffic density area in Christchurch

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1073, 1998, Pages 343-344

  Hewat, Virginia N ^a,b   Foster, Emily V ^a   O'Brien, Geoffrey D ^a   Town, G Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NEW ZEALAND; TIME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BREATH TESTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NEW ZEALAND; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0032508427     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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