Reducing health risks from indoor exposures in rapidly developing urban China

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 751-755

  Zhang, Yinping ^a   Mo, Jinhan ^a   Weschler, Charles J ^a,b,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Birth defects; Cancer; Endocrine disruptors; Indoor air quality; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH DEFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84879566816     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205983     Document Type: Article

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