Key airborne pollutants - The impact on health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 334-335, Issue , 2004, Pages 9-13

  Maynard, Robert ^a  

^a Skipton Hse 80 London Rd SE1 6LH ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Casual relationships; Health; Long term impacts; Short term impacts

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HEALTH RISKS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; COMPUTER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 7044233369     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.04.025     Document Type: Review

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