How might the health effects of air pollution change when the planet gets warmer?

Meltdown: Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Other Catastrophes - Fears and Concerns of the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 137-156

  Barnett, Adrian G ^a   Hansen, Craig ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Global warming; Health effects; Pollutants

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755163292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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