Mortality and air pollution in helsinki

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-286

  Pönkä, Antti ^a   Savela, Mari ^a   Virtanen, Mikko ^a  

^a Helsinki University Central Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242378834     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899809605709     Document Type: Article

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