Short term effects of ambient sulphur dioxide and particulate matter on mortality in 12 European cities: Results from time series data from the APHEA project

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7095, 1997, Pages 1658-1663

  Katsouyanni, K ^a   Touloumi, G ^a   Spix, C ^a   Schwarte, J ^a   Balducci, F ^a   Medina, S ^a   Rossi, G ^a   Wojtyniak, B ^a   Sunyer, J ^a   Bacharova, L ^a   Schouten, J P ^a   Ponka, A ^a   Anderson, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SMOKE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SMOKE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4644325151     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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