Health risk estimation due to carbon monoxide pollution at different spatial levels in Santiago, Chile

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 167, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 165-173

  Sanhueza, Pedro ^a   Pizarro, Jaime ^a   Vargas, Claudio ^a   Torreblanca, Monica ^a   Passalacqua, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Air monitoring; Carbon monoxide; County level; Health risk; Nonattainment area

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR MONITORING STATIONS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; COUNTY LEVEL; HEALTH EFFECTS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON-ATTAINMENT; POLICY DECISIONS; POLICY MAKERS; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSE CURVES; RESPONSE EQUATIONS; RISK ESTIMATION; SANTIAGO , CHILE; SPATIAL LEVELS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR EXPOSURE; AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA;

EID: 77956191414     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1039-x     Document Type: Article

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