Air quality in Hong Kong and the impact of pollution on health 1988-1997

Air Pollution and Health in Rapidly Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 176-188

  Hedley, Anthony Johnson ^a   Wong, Chit Ming ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   McGhee, Sarah Morag ^a   Ma, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

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