Are associations between socio-economic characteristics and exposure to air pollution a question of study area size? An example from Scania, Sweden

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Stroh, Emilie ^a   Oudin, Anna ^b   Gustafsson, Susanna ^a   Pilesjö, Petter ^a   Harrie, Lars ^a   Strömberg, Ulf ^b   Jakobsson, Kristina ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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EID: 28544435619     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-4-30     Document Type: Article

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