Public health: Quality of indoor residential air and health

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Dales, Robert ^a,b   Liu, Ling ^b   Wheeler, Amanda J ^b   Gilbert, Nicolas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ASBESTOS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; ENDOTOXIN; FORMALDEHYDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RADON; TOBACCO SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; CARCINOGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMBUSTION; LUNG CANCER; MOULD; REVIEW; AIR POLLUTANT; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PASSIVE SMOKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 47649133551     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.070359     Document Type: Review

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