The temporal pattern of mortality responses to ambient ozone in the APHEA project

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 960-966

  Samoli, E ^a   Zanobetti, A ^b   Schwartz, J ^b   Atkinson, R ^c   LeTertre, A ^d   Schindler, C ^e   Perez L ^f   Cadum, E ^g   Pekkanen, J ^h,i   Paldy, A ^j   Touloumi, G ^a   Katsouyanni, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Environmental Health Unit   (France)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^g Regional Agency for Environmental Protection   (Italy)

^h NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EUROPE;

EID: 73249127160     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.084012     Document Type: Article

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