Scots pine (pinus sylvestris L.) growth suppression and adverse effects on human health due to air pollution in the upper Silesian Industrial District (USID), southern Poland

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3345-3364

  Malik, Ireneusz ^a   Danek, Małgorzata ^b   Marchwińska Wyrwał, Ewa ^c   Danek, Tomasz ^b   Wistuba, Małgorzata ^a   Krąpiec, Marek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cancer morbidity; Infant mortality; Tree ring reductions

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FORESTRY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CANCER MORBIDITY; GROWTH SUPPRESSIONS; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT MORTALITY RATES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POLLUTION EMISSIONS; TREE RING REDUCTIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; EMISSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEALTH IMPACT; INFANT MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; TREE RING;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INFANT MORTALITY; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PLANT STRUCTURES; POLAND; SCOTS PINE; TRACHEA CANCER; TREE GROWTH; TREE RING;

AIR POLLUTION; DISEASES; FORESTRY; MORTALITY;

POLAND; SILESIA; UPPER SILESIA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84862164784     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1114-8     Document Type: Article

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