Methodological issues in studies of air pollution and daily counts of deaths or hospital admissions

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Schwartz, J ^a,m   Spix, C ^b   Touloumi, G ^c   Bacharova L ^d   Barumamdzadeh, T ^e   Le Tertre, A ^f   Piekarksi, T ^g   Ponce De Leon, A ^h   Ponka A ⁱ   Rossi, G ^j   Saez, M ^k   Schouten, J P ^l  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d National Center for Health Promotion of Slovakia   (Slovakia)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^f Laboratoire d'Hygiène de la Ville de Paris ^*  (France)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^h ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Helsinki University Central Hospital   (Finland)

^j INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^k INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^m CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DEATH; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OHIO; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 18344418295     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.suppl_1.s3     Document Type: Article

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