Wildfire smoke, fire management, and human health

EcoHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-80

  Bowman, David M J S ^a   Johnston, Fay H ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Carbon particulates; Epidemiology; Fire management; Human health; Landscape ecology

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; EMERGENCY WARD; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SMOKE; SYNECOLOGY;

EID: 17644383336     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-004-0149-8     Document Type: Article

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