Respiratory health outcomes and air pollution in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A systematic review

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 259-280

  Abdo, Nour ^a   Khader, Yousef S ^a   Abdelrahman, Mostafa ^a   Graboski Bauer, Ashley ^b   Malkawi, Mazen ^c   Al Sharif, Munjed ^d   Elbetieha, Ahmad M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c Centre for Environmental Health Action (CEHA)   (Jordan)

^d GERMAN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

air pollution; Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR); respiratory health

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84974822762     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2015-0076     Document Type: Review

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