Short-term effects of ambient particles on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 230-233

  Analitis, Antonis ^a   Katsouyanni, Klea ^a   Dimakopoulou, Konstantina ^a   Samoli, Evangelia ^a   Nikoloulopoulos, Aristidis K ^a   Petasakis, Yannis ^a   Touloumi, Giota ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^b   Anderson, Hugh Ross ^c   Cambra, Koldo ^d   Forastiere, Francesco ^e   Zmirou, Denis ^f   Vonk, Judith M ^g   Clancy, Luke ^h   Kriz, Bohumir ⁱ   Bobvos, Janos ^j   Pekkanen, Juha ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^e Rome E Health Authority   (Italy)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

ⁱ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^j JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^k NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPE; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 33646794391     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000199439.57655.6b     Document Type: Article

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