Particulate air pollution and its impact on health in Vilnius and Kaunas

Medicina (Lithuania)

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 472-477

  Orru, Hans ^a,b   Laukaitiene, Aida ^c   Zurlyte, Ingrida ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Centre for Health Education and Disease Prevention   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular; Environmental health; Exposure; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875510196     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina48090070     Document Type: Article

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