Short term associations between outdoor air pollution and mortality in London 1992-4

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 237-244

  Bremner, S A ^a   Anderson, H R ^a   Atkinson, R W ^a   McMichael, A J ^b   Strachan, D P ^a   Bland, J M ^a   Bower, J S ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Mortality; Time series

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033064168     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.4.237     Document Type: Article

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