Monitoring air pollution: Use of early warning systems for public health

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-19

  Kelly, Frank J ^a   Fuller, Gary W ^a   Walton, Heather A ^a   Fussell, Julia C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

air quality alert; communication; environmental monitoring; forecasting; public health

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PROMETHIUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY INDEX; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84255186565     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02065.x     Document Type: Review

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