Does air pollution pose a public health problem for New Zealand?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-19

  Scoggins, Amanda ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIRE AND FIRE RELATED PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SMOG; THREAT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 1342305425     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00626.x     Document Type: Review

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