Industry, air quality, cigarette smoke and rates of respiratory illness in Port Adelaide

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 657-660

  Pilotto, Louis S ^a   Smith, Brian J ^b   Nitschke, Monika ^b   Ruffin, Richard E ^b   Mitchell, Robert ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

EID: 0033376992     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01556.x     Document Type: Article

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