Kirk R Smith: a life’s work on improving air quality
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Improving air quality
Sources of PM10 within urban areas of the UK include road traffic, industry and power production. Results from numerous investigations of human respiratory and other diseases show consistent statistical associations between human exposure to outdoor levels of PM10 and adverse health impacts. Health effects range from alveolar inflammation in the lungs and respiratory-tract infection (specifical...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.20.272054