Meta-analysis of the Italian studies of short-term effects of air pollution (MISA), 1990-1999

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-122

  Biggeri, Annibale ^a   Baccini, Michela ^a   Bellini, Pierantonio ^b   Terracini, Benedetto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Epidemiologic time series; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; BAYES THEOREM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ITALY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 21344438133     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2005.11.1.107     Document Type: Review

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