The air we breathe: differentials in global air quality monitoring

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 603-605

  Carvalho, Helotonio ^a,b  

^a MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CHILE; CHINA; COAL POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; MORTALITY RATE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NIGERIA; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANALYSIS; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84978795020     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: 22132619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30180-1     Document Type: Note

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