Air pollution and population health: A global challenge

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-101

  Chen, Bingheng ^a   Kan, Haidong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Health effects; Risk assessment; Time series study; WHO Air Quality Guidelines

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ASIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EUROPE; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 49549110897     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-007-0018-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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