Air pollution and daily mortality in Rome, Italy

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 605-610

  Michelozzi, P ^a   Forastiere, F ^a,d   Fusco, D ^a   Perucci, C A ^a   Ostro, B ^b   Ancona, C ^a   Pallotti, G ^c  

^a Regional Health Authority   (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Public Health Laboratory   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Smoothing; Time series

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ITALY; MONITOR; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031856426     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.9.605     Document Type: Article

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