Air pollution and mortality in East Berlin during the winters of 1981-1989

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1220-1226

  Rahlenbeck, Sibylle I ^a   Kahl, Hermann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b Senatsverwaltung F Stadtentwicklung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Air pollution; Mortality; Particulates; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MODEL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL RECORD; SEASON;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BERLIN; GERMANY, EAST; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MORTALITY; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0030299818     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.6.1220     Document Type: Article

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