The health hazards of volcanoes and geothermal areas

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-156

  Hansell, A L ^a   Horwell, C J ^b   Oppenheimer, C ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASH; ASPHYXIA; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEATH; DISASTER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DROWNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SKIN IRRITATION; THERMAL INJURY; VOLCANO;

DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK MANAGEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 31544450995     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.022459     Document Type: Review

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