Mortality associated with exposure to carbon monoxide in WHO European Member States

Indoor Air

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-125

  Braubach, M ^a   Algoet, A ^a   Beaton, M ^a   Lauriou, S ^a   Heroux M E ^a   Krzyzanowski, M ^a  

^a WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Europe; Indoor environment; Settings; Suicide; Unintentional poisoning

Indexed keywords

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURES; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CLOSED ENVIRONMENT; COMBUSTION DEVICE; CONDITION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN REGIONS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDE; UNINTENTIONAL POISONING;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

EID: 84875052216     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12007     Document Type: Article

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