Health impact assessment of particulate matter in Tokyo, Japan

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 179-185

  Yorifuji, Takashi ^a,c   Yamamoto, Eiji ^b   Tsuda, Toshihide ^c   Kawakami, Norito ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of Tokyo   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Particulate matter; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; JAPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33845723160     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.60.4.179-185     Document Type: Article

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