The short-term impact of air pollution on the mortality. Results of the EMECAM project in the city of Barcelona, 1991-1995;Efectos a corto plazo de la contaminacion atmosferica sobre la mortalidad. Resultados del proyecto EMECAM en la ciudad de Barcelona, 1991- 95

Revista Espanola de Salud Publica

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-207

  Saurina, Carme ^a   Barceló, María Antònia ^a   Sáez, Marc ^a   Tobias, Aureli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

EMECAM Project; Mortality; Photochemical Pollution; Poisson Regression

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMBUSTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON; SPAIN; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEASONS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032992096     PISSN: 11355727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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