Daily mortality and air pollution in Northern Bohemia: Different effects for men and women

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-127

  Kotesovec F ^a,d   Skorkovsky J ^b   Brynda, J ^a   Peters, A ^c   Heinrich, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b Institute of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Daily mortality; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEATHER;

EID: 0034094035     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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