Short-term effects of nitrogen dioxide on mortality: An analysis within the APHEA project

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1129-1137

  Samoli, E ^a   Aga, E ^b   Touloumi, G ^a   Nisiotis, K ^a   Forsberg, B ^c   Lefranc, A ^d   Pekkanen, J ^e,f   Wojtyniak, B ^g   Schindler, C ^h   Niclu, E ⁱ   Brunstein, R ^j   Fikfak, M Dodič ^k   Schwartz, J ^b   Katsouyanni, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Regional Observatory of Health   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^h SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

^j HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

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Author keywords

Air pollution; Heterogeneity; Modelling; Mortality; Nitrogen dioxide

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKE; AIR POLLUTANT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DUST; EUROPE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DUST; EUROPE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750704944     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00143905     Document Type: Article

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