Traffic related air pollution and respiratory morbidity

Lung India

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 238-

  Vimercati, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LUNG CANCER; MORBIDITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SPIROMETRY; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

EID: 80055003785     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.85682     Document Type: Editorial

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