Urban air pollution and cardiopulmonary ill health: A 14.5 year time series study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 697-704

  Prescott, G J ^a   Cohen, G R ^a   Elton, R A ^a   Fowkes, F G R ^a   Agius, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031681263     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.10.697     Document Type: Article

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