The meta-analysis of the Italian studies on short-term effects of air pollution (MISA): Old and new issues on the interpretation of the statistical evidences

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Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-229

  Bellini, Pierantonio ^a   Baccini, Michela ^b   Biggeri, Annibale ^b   Terracini, Benedetto ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Centro di Riferimento per l'Epidemiologia e la Prevenzione Oncologica   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Causal inference; Italy; MISA 2 study; PM10; Time series

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248178953     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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