Particulate matter and out-of-hospital coronary deaths in eight Italian cities

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 301-306

  Serinelli, Maria ^a   Vigotti, Maria Angela ^a,b   Stafoggia, Massimo ^c   Berti, Giovanna ^d   Bisanti, Luigi ^e   Mallone, Sandra ^f   Pacelli, Barbara ^g   Tessari, Roberta ^h   Forastiere, Francesco ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Rome E Health Authority   (Italy)

^d Regional Environmental Protection Agency   (Italy)

^e Local Health Authority of Milan   (Italy)

^f ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute   (Italy)

^g Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^h Department of Prevention Local Hospital Units 12 ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; OUTPATIENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77953758765     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.046359     Document Type: Article

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