Air pollution in Delhi: Its Magnitude and Effects on Health

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-8

  Rizwan, S A ^a   Nongkynrih, Baridalyne ^a   Gupta, Sanjeev Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution Delhi; control measures; health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875464264     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.106617     Document Type: Article

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