Air quality as respiratory health indicator — a critical review
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Air quality as respiratory health indicator: a critical review.
As part of the European Public Health project IMCA II validity and practicability of "air pollution" as a respiratory health indicator were analyzed. The definitions of air quality as an indicator proposed by the WHO project ECOEHIS and by IMCA I were compared. The public availability of the necessary data was checked through access to web-based data-bases. Practicability and interpretation of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1896-494X
DOI: 10.2478/s13382-011-0028-9