Air Pollution and Cause-Specific Mortality in Milan, Italy, 1980–1989

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 158-164

  Rossi, G ^a   Vigotti, M A ^a,b   Zanobetti, A ^a,c   Schwartz, Joel ^c   Repetto, F ^d   Gianelle, V ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Servizio di Epidemiologia   (Italy)

^e Lab Tossicologia Industriale A   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMIDITY; ITALY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PENNSYLVANIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK; WEATHER;

EID: 0344517079     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899909602254     Document Type: Article

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