Potential health implications associated with particulate matter exposure in deployed settings in Southwest Asia

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-296

  Weese, Coleen B ^a,b   Abraham, Joseph H ^a  

^a US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASIA; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION; ASIA, WESTERN; HUMANS; IRAQ; KUWAIT; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849124547     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370802672891     Document Type: Article

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