Airborne particulate matter and premature deaths in urban Europe: The new WHO guidelines and the challenge ahead as illustrated by Spain

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Moreno, Teresa ^a   Querol, Xavier ^a   Alastuey, Andrés ^a   Ballester, Ferrán ^b   Gibbons, Wes ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

^c AP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Particulate Matter; Urban pollution; WHO

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; DATA BASE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPAIN; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPAIN; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33846815457     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9085-y     Document Type: Review

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