Environmental impacts on the respiratory health of children: Global burden of paediatric respiratory diseases linked to the environment;Impactos ambientales sobre la salud respiratoria de los niños. Carga global de las enfermedades respiratorias pediátricas ligada al ambiente

Revista Chilena de Enfermedades Respiratorias

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-108

  Gavidia, Tania ^a,b   Pronczuk, Jenny ^a   Sly, Peter D ^a,b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Children's respiratory diseases; Environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349410687     PISSN: 07175698     EISSN: 07177348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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