Public health and the Air Management Information System (AMIS)

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 647-655

  Schwela, Dietrich Hermann ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality management; Risk assessment; Risk management

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032812310     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199909000-00035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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