The human health impacts of aviation

Towards Sustainable Aviation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 48-76

  Hume, Ken ^a   Watson, Adrian ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38149121868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849773409     Document Type: Chapter

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