Framing air pollution as a major health risk in Lagos, Nigeria

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 157, Issue , 2012, Pages 479-488

  Olowoporoku, A O ^a   Longhurst, J W S ^a   Barnes, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Lagos; Nigeria; Public health; Traffic related emissions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

LAGOS [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA;

EID: 84865714282     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/AIR120421     Document Type: Article

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