Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 809-820 , August 2008

Cardiorespiratory health effects associated with sulphurous volcanic air pollution

  • B.M. Longo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Oregon State University, 254 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    • University of Nevada-Reno, Orvis School of Nursing, MS 134, Reno, NV 89557, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Nevada-Reno, Orvis School of Nursing, MS 134, Reno, NV 89557, USA. Tel.: +17756827149; fax: +17757844262.
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  • A. Rossignol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Oregon State University, 254 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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  • J.B. Green

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Oregon State University, 254 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    • Kau Hospital, Pahala, HI 96777, USA

Received 14 March 2006 ,Revised 26 July 2007 ,Accepted 28 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.09.017

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