Neurological Disorders from Ambient (Urban) Air Pollution Emphasizing UFPM and PM2.5

Current Pollution Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 203-211

  Bandyopadhyay, Amitava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

CNS and brain damage; Cognitive decline; Dementia; Neurodegeneracy; Neurodevelopment; Neurological disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996516822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21986592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40726-016-0039-z     Document Type: Review

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