Apheis: Public health impact of PM10 in 19 European cities

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 831-836

  Medina, S ^a,b   Plasencia, A ^c   Ballester, F ^d   Mucke H G ^e   Schwartz, J ^f  

^a DSE   (France)

^b National Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

^e UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POLLUTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY NETWORK; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EASTERN EUROPE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM EXPOSURE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; WESTERN EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 2442630527     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.016386     Document Type: Article

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