Health impact from air pollution in thailand: Current and future challenges

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Vichit Vadakan, Nuntavarn ^a   Vajanapoom, Nitaya ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THAILAND;

AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; THAILAND;

EID: 79955844718     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103728     Document Type: Editorial

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