Is it feasible to construct a community profile of exposure to industrial air pollution?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 542-549

  Pless Mulloli, Tanja ^a   Dunn, Christine E ^b   Bhopal, Raj ^a   Phillimore, Peter ^a   Moffatt, Suzanne ^a   Edwards, John ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community exposure; Exposure assessment; Industrial pollution

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HOME; INDUSTRY; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033941989     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.8.542     Document Type: Article

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