Carbon monoxide: The invisible killer

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 141-145

  Horner, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carbon monoxide; Gas heating; Motor vehicles; Pollution monitoring

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; DIARRHEA; DROWSINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEATING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; STOMACH PAIN; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONDON; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 24344499148     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642409811800303     Document Type: Article

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