Urban pollution

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-196

  Sancini, Angela ^a   Tomei, Francesco ^a   Tomei, Gianfranco ^b   Caciari, Tiziana ^a   Di Giorgio, Valeria ^a   André, Jean Claude ^c   Palermo, Paola ^a   Andreozzi, Giorgia ^a   Nardone, Nadia ^a   Schifano, Maria Pia ^a   Fiaschetti, Maria ^a   Cetica, Carlotta ^a   Ciarrocca, Manuela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Stallergenes SA   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases; Occupational and environmental cancer; Particulate matter; Smog; Urban stressors

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84864248608     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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