A look back at the London smog of 1952 and the half century since

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Davis, Devra L ^a   Bell, Michelle L ^b   Fletcher, Tony ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFUR;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXHAUST GAS; FUME; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOG; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE;

EID: 0036918618     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.110-a734     Document Type: Editorial

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