Effects of dust storm on health in the nigerian environment

Biology and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Achudume, A C ^a   Oladipo, B O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollutants; Dust; Environmental microbial endotoxin; Hyper responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861765284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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