Ambient air quality and asthma cases in Niǧde, Turkey

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4225-4234

  Kara, Ertan ^a   Özdilek, Hasan Göksel ^b   Kara, Emine Erman ^c  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Mann Kendall trend test; Nigde; PM10; SO2

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN AREA;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WEATHER;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TURKEY; WEATHER;

NIGDE; TURKEY;

EID: 84878116130     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1376-0     Document Type: Article

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