Workshop on Toxic Air and Our Health: Dialogue with Doctors
Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi
Briefing Note: Dialogue Air Pollution and Our Health
August 31, 2011 Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi Centre for Science and Environment joined hands with Indian Council for Medical Research and Indian Medical Association to organize a dialogue with the noted doctors – (respiratory physicians, cardiologists, pediatricians, oncologists), the air quality regulators, and health experts to track the newer concerns over health risks of polluted air.
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