Meteorologically estimated exposure but not distance predicts asthma symptoms in schoolchildren in the environs of a petrochemical refinery: a cross-sectional study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Community concern about asthma prompted an epidemiological study of children living near a petrochemical refinery in Cape Town, South Africa. Because of resource constraints and the complexity of refinery emissions, neither direct en...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-09-01
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| Series: | Environmental Health |
| Online Access: | http://www.ehjournal.net/content/8/1/45 |