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Air pollution and health in rapidly developing countries /

In developing countries the price of rapid growth is all too often noxious airborne pollution which annually contributes to a disturbing number of avoidable deaths. In recent decades however there has been considerable progress in the epidemiology of air pollution significant changes in internationa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: McGranahan, Gordon, Murray, Frank, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Air pollution and health in developing countries: the context / Frank Murray and Gordon McGranahan
  • Health-damaging air pollution: a matter of scale / Kirk R. Smith and Sameer Akbar
  • Air pollution and health: studies in the Americas and Europe / Mort Lippmann
  • Air pollution and health in developing countries: a review of epidemiological evidence / Isabelle Romieu and Mauricio Hernandez
  • Local ambient air quality management / Dietrich Schwela
  • Rapid assessment of air pollution and health: making optimal use of data for policy and decision-making / Yasmin von Schirnding
  • A systematic approach to air quality management: examples from the URBAIR cities / Steinar Larssen [and others]
  • Indoor air pollution / Sumeet Saksena and Kirk R. Smith
  • Vehicle emissions and health in developing countries / Michael P. Walsh
  • Air quality in Hong Kong and the impact of pollution on health, 1988-1997 / Anthony Johnson Hedley [and others]
  • Air pollution and its impacts on health in Santiago, Chile / Bart D. Ostro
  • Air quality and health in greater Johannesburg / Angela Mathee and Yasmin von Schirnding.