Effect of air-pollution control on death rates in Dublin, Ireland: An intervention study

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9341, 2002, Pages 1210-1214

  Clancy, Luke ^a   Goodman, Pat ^b   Sinclair, Hamish ^c   Dockery, Douglas W ^d  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKE; WEATHER;

EID: 0037136928     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11281-5     Document Type: Article

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