PM10 in the atmosphere and incidence of respiratory illness in Chiangmai during the smoggy pollution

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-440

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

PM10; Respiratory illness; Smog

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; SMOGGY POLLUTION;

FIRES; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SMOG; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; EURASIA; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 39349090798     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-007-0149-7     Document Type: Article

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