Public views on the links between air pollution and health in Northeast England

Environmental Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-171

  Howel, Denise ^a,b   Moffatt, Suzanne ^a   Bush, Judith ^a   Dunn, Christine E ^c   Prince, Helen ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Industry; Lay perspective; Respiratory health; Survey

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037332363     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(02)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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