Population exposure to fine particles and estimated excess mortality in Finland from an East European wildfire episode

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 414-422

  Hänninen, Otto O ^a,b,c   Salonen, Raimo O ^a   Koistinen, Kimmo ^d   Lanki, Timo ^a,c   Barregard, Lars ^e   Jantunen, Matti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Long range transport; Mortality; PM2.5; Uncontrolled biomass combustion

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; EUROPE; EYE IRRITATION; FINLAND; FIRE; HEALTH HAZARD; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINLAND; FIRES;

EID: 67349114556     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2008.31     Document Type: Article

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