Air pollution and health in Sri Lanka: a review of epidemiologic studies
Open Access
- 2 June 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 10 (1), 300
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-300
Abstract
Air pollution is increasingly documented as a threat to public health in most developing countries. Evaluation of current air quality levels, regulatory standards and scientific literature on outdoor and indoor air pollution, and health effects are important to identify the burden, develop and implement interventions and to fill knowledge gaps in Sri Lanka.Keywords
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