Air pollution and daily mortality in three Swiss urban areas

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-115

  Wietlisbach, Vincent ^a   Pope III, C Arden ^b   Ackermann Liebrich, Ursula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SWITZERLAND; URBAN AREA; WEATHER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 15844405229     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01323089     Document Type: Article

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