Pesticides and asthma: Challenges for epidemiology

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Amaral, André F S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Medicine and MRC Health Protection Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Insecticide; Non occupational exposure; Pesticide; Respiratory health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020878327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00006     Document Type: Article

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