Influence of set-up conditions of exposure indicators on the estimate of short-term associations between urban pollution and mortality

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 355, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 90-97

  Filleul, Laurent ^a   Zeghnoun, Abdelkrim ^a   Cassadou, Sylvie ^a   Declercq, Christophe ^b   Eilstein, Daniel ^a   Le Tertre, Alain ^a   Medina, Sylvia ^a   Pascal, Laurence ^a   Prouvost, Hélène ^b   Saviuc, Philippe ^a   Quénel, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b Observ Reg S Nord Pas de Calais   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Exposure assessment; Monitoring system; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MONITORING SYSTEMS; MORTALITY; QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS;

AIR POLLUTION;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MORTALITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 31344445899     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.023     Document Type: Article

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