The association between air pollution and the daily number of deaths: Findings from the Slovak Republic contribution to the APHEA project

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Bacharova L ^a   Fandakova K ^a   Bratinka, J ^a   Budinska M ^a   Bachar J ^b   Gudaba M ^b  

^a National Center for Health Promotion of Slovakia   (Slovakia)

^b Economics University   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; OIL INDUSTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; SLOVAKIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DUST; HUMANS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOVAKIA; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0029991325     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.suppl_1.s19     Document Type: Article

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