Association between Residential Proximity to Fuel-Fired Power Plants and Hospitalization Rate for Respiratory Diseases.

Background: Air pollution is known to cause respiratory disease. Unlike motor vehicle sources, fuel-fired power plants are stationary. Objective: Using hospitalization data, we examined whether living near a fuel-fired power plant increases the likelihood of hospitalization for respiratory disease.M...

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Publicado en:Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 120; no. 6; pp. 807 - 812
Autores principales: Xiaopeng Liu, Lessner, Lawrence, Carpenter, David O.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Jun2012
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