Air pollution and health in Sri Lanka: A review of epidemiologic studies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nandasena, Yatagama Lokuge S ^a   Wickremasinghe, Ananda R ^b   Sathiakumar, Nalini ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SRI LANKA;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 77952857520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-300     Document Type: Article

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