Premature mortality in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia associated with particulate matter air pollution from the 1991 Gulf War

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 645-664

  White, Ronald H ^a   Stineman, Carl H ^b   Symons, J Morel ^a   Breysse, Patrick N ^a   Kim, Sung Roul ^a   Bell, Michelle L ^c   Samet, Jonathan M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Ecology and Environment Inc   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf War; Mortality; Particulate matter; Risk assessment; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349088212     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030802235052     Document Type: Article

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