Safe as houses? Indoor air pollution and health

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Sharpe, Mike ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; RADON; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AGE; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; BREATHING RATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

CINDERELLA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 2642552520     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b405880c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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