Road-traffic pollution and asthma - Using modelled exposure assessment for routine public health surveillance

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Ferguson, Elspeth C ^a   Maheswaran, Ravi ^a   Daly, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13144300863     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-3-24     Document Type: Article

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