Reassessment of the lethal London fog of 1952: Novel indicators of acute and chronic consequences of acute exposure to air pollution

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2001, Pages 389-394

  Bell, M L ^a   Davis, D L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; History; Indicators; London; Morbidity; Mortality; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOG; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LETHALITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOG; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

EID: 0034960604     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109s3389     Document Type: Article

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