Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Mortality in Nine French Cities: A Quantitative Summary

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-319

  Tertre, Alain Le ^a   Quénel, Philippe ^a   Eilstein, Daniel ^a   Medina, Sylvia ^a   Prouvost, Helene ^a   Pascal, Laurence ^a   Saviuc, Philippe ^a   Zeghnoun, Abdelkrim ^a   Filleul, Laurent ^a   Cassadou, Sylvie ^a   Goaster, Corinne Le ^a   Boumghar, Azzedine ^b   Declercq, Christophe ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b Regional Observatory of Health   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Black smoke; Cardiovascular mortality; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Respiratory mortality; Short term effects; Sulfur dioxide; Total mortality

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MONITORING; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036629558     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890209601414     Document Type: Article

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