South Karelia air pollution study: Daily symptom intensity in relation to exposure levels of malodorous sulfur compounds from pulp mills

Environmental Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 122-127

  Marttila, Olli ^a   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^b,c   Partti Pellinen, Kirsi ^a   Vilkka, Vesa ^d   Haahtela, Tari ^e  

^a Etela karjalan Allergia ja Ymparistoinstituutti   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d SOUTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; WHEEZING;

EID: 12644301199     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1995.1073     Document Type: Article

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