The 'fatal four' indoor air pollutants

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 344-350

  Etzel, Ruth A ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; MERCURY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MERCURIALISM; MOULD; REVIEW; TOBACCO;

EID: 0034084608     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20000601-07     Document Type: Review

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