Air pollution and doctors' house calls: Results from the ERPURS system for monitoring the effects of air pollution on public health in greater Paris, France, 1991-1995

Environmental Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-84

  Medina, Sylvia ^a   Le Tertre, Alain ^a   Quénel, Philippe ^b   Le Moullec, Yvon ^c   Lameloise, Philippe ^d   Guzzo, Jean Charles ^e   Festy, Bernard ^f   Ferry, Ruth ^a   Dab, William ^g  

^a Regional Observatory of Health   (France)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^c Paris Hygiene Laboratory (LHVP)   (France)

^d Paris Air Poll Network (AIRPARIF)   (France)

^e SOS Médecins France   (France)

^f FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

^g EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; URBAN POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKE;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS;

ANGINA;

EID: 0031259832     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3773     Document Type: Article

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