Avian influenza and UV-B blocked by biomass smoke [6]

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Mims III, Forrest M ^a  

^a Geronimo Creek Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIOMASS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LETTER; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHICKENS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; SMOKE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AVES; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 29144467053     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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