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Asthma and
Air Pollution

A guide for health professionals

Introduction 
Health effects of outdoor air pollution
Outdoor air pollutants
Health effects of indoor air pollution
Indoor air pollutants
Current issues
Information resources
Levels of evidence
References
Appendices
Content created MAR 2005
Content updated MAR 2005

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Outdoor air: websites

European Air Quality Guidelines  www.euro.who.int/document/e71922.pdf

An American Guide to Air Quality and Your Health  www.epa.gov/airnow/aqi_cl.pdf

European Union  www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/air

British Department for Environment  www.defra.gov.uk/environment/airquality/airpoll/index.htm

Health & Clean Air Newsletter  www.healthandcleanair.org

National Environment Protection Council  www.nepc.gov.au/

Indoor air: websites

State of Knowledge Report on Air Toxics and Indoor Air   www.deh.gov.au/atmosphere/airquality/publications/sok/foreword.html 

Indoor Asthma Triggers, US Environmental Protection Agency  www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma/triggers.html

Residential air cleaners  www.epa.gov/iaq/

Unflued gas heaters  www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phd/0005108/0005108.pdf

Building research in Australia  www.cmit.csiro.au

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