Extensive respiratory health effects of volcanogenic dry fog in 1783 inferred from European documentary sources

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-376

  Durand, Michael ^a   Grattan, John ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC GAS;

EID: 0033507358     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006700921208     Document Type: Article

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