Emergency visits for asthma in Stockholm are associated with levels of coarse PM

B. Forsberg, K. Meister (Umeå, Sweden)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - What's new in air pollution from experiments to epidemiology
Session: What's new in air pollution from experiments to epidemiology
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 2938
Disease area: Airway diseases

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