Daily mortality and "winter type" air pollution in Athens, Greece - A time series analysis within the APHEA project

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Touloumi, G ^a   Samoli, E ^a   Katsouyanni, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; GREECE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SMOKE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0029912343     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.suppl_1.s47     Document Type: Article

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