Ambient air pollution and population health: Overview

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 275-283

  Krewski, Daniel ^a   Rainham, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLARA CELL PROTEIN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL REGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAND USE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33847104633     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390600884859     Document Type: Review

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