Highly hazardous air quality associated with smoking in cars: New Zealand pilot study [1]

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1244, 2006, Pages

  Edwards, Richard ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Pierse, Nevil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PILOT STUDY; SMOKING; SUBURBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33750448959     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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