Climate change and air quality: The potential impact on health

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Spickett, Jeff T ^a,b   Brown, H L ^a   Rumchev, Krassi ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Health impact assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955671891     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511398114     Document Type: Review

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