Title Ambient air pollution and daily hospital admissions in Melbourne, 1994-1997 / EPA Victoria

Published Southbank, Vic. : EPA Victoria, 2001

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WATERFT ART&ARCH	363.7392 Vic/Aap		AVAILABLE

Description 84 pages ; 30 cm Series Publication / Environment Protection Authority of Victoria ; .789 Publication (Victoria. Environment Protection Authority) ; 789 Summary Provides new information which shows that air pollution in Melbourne is associated with increases in hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular disease. Admissions for asthma in children are also associated with air pollution levels in Melbourne. The pollutants studied - ozone, nitrogen dioxide, fine particles and carbon monoxide - arise as a result of emissions from many sources, but in particular motor vehicles, industry and domestic wood heaters Analysis Environmentally induced diseases--Victoria Bibliography Bibliographical references: pages 49-52 Notes Available also via the World Wide Web Available in electronic format from EPA Victoria's web site Subject Environmentally induced diseases -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) Environmentally induced diseases -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Statistics. SUBJECT Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- Statistics, Medical. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003691 Genre/Form Statistics. Author Victoria. Environment Protection Authority. ISBN 0730676013

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