Sunset for leaded aviation gasoline

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kessler, Rebecca ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; LEAD; OCTANE; TETRAETHYLLEAD;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIRCRAFT; AIRPORT; BOILER; EXHAUST GAS; EXPOSURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84873333542     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.121-a54     Document Type: Note

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