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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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Appendix 1 Air Quality Goals

Ambient air quality goals recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Interim national indoor air quality goals recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council

Appendix 2 Air Pollutants

Exposure risks for selected air pollutants.

Appendix 3 Australian time series and panel studies

Time series studies of the effects of ambient air pollution on asthma conducted in Australia.
Asthmatic panel studies of the effects of ambient air pollution conducted in Australia.

Appendix 4 Exposure and respiratory outcomes

Australian studies on associations between exposure to NO2, ETS, formaldehyde and VOC and respiratory outcomes including asthma.

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