Air pollution, population vulnerability, and standards for ambient air quality

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-297

  Gent, Janneane F ^a   Bell, Michelle L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 77956635306     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201004-0538ED     Document Type: Editorial

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