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Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Air Pollution
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Air Pollution
Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Air Pollution

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Air Pollution  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Air Quality

Note

  • includes pollen in the air (coordinate with POLLEN)

Scope note

  • The presence of contaminants or pollutant substances in the air (AIR POLLUTANTS) that interfere with human health or welfare, or produce other harmful environmental effects. The substances may include GASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; or volatile ORGANIC CHEMICALS.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000397

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