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The State of Ambient Air Quality in Two Ugandan Cities: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Spatial Assessment

Air pollution is one of the leading global public health risks but its magnitude in many developing countries’ cities is not known. We aimed to measure the concentration of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter <2.5 µm (PM(2.5)), nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)), sulfur dioxide (SO(2)), and ozone...

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Autores principales:	Kirenga, Bruce J., Meng, Qingyu, van Gemert, Frederik, Aanyu-Tukamuhebwa, Hellen, Chavannes, Niels, Katamba, Achilles, Obai, Gerald, van der Molen, Thys, Schwander, Stephan, Mohsenin, Vahid
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2015
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515709/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26184273 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120708075

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