Air pollution and mortality in Barcelona

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Sunyer, Jordi ^a   Castellsagué, Jordi ^a   Sáez, Marc ^a   Tobias, Aurelio ^a   Antó, Josep M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CITY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; OZONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SEASONS; SMOKE; SPAIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY EFFECT; POLLUTION IMPACT; URBAN POLLUTION;

SPAIN, BARCELONA;

EID: 0029839555     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.suppl_1.s76     Document Type: Article

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