Update of WHO air quality guidelines

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Krzyzanowski, Michal ^a   Cohen, Aaron ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Health Effects Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Air Quality Guidelines; Health hazards

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149095166     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-008-0008-9     Document Type: Article

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