Air pollution and daily mortality in Seoul and Ulsan, Korea

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-154

  Lee, Jong Tae ^a   Shin, Dongchun ^a   Chung, Yong ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Daily mortality; O3, Seoul; SO2; Total suspended particulates; Ulsan

Indexed keywords

OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0033024053     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107149     Document Type: Article

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