Susceptibility factors to ozone-related mortality: A population-based case-crossover analysis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 376-384

  Stafoggia, Massimo ^a   Forastiere, Francesco ^a   Faustini, Annunziata ^a   Biggeri, Annibale ^b   Bisanti, Luigi ^c   Cadum, Ennio ^d   Cernigliaro, Achille ^e   Mallone, Sandra ^f   Pandolfi, Paolo ^g   Serinelli, Maria ^h   Tessari, Roberta ⁱ   Vigotti, Maria Angela ^j   Perucci, Carlo A ^a  

^a Rome E Health Authority   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^d Regional Environmental Protection Agency   (Italy)

^e Regional Health Authority   (Italy)

^f Institute for Cancer Study and Prevention   (Italy)

^g Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Case crossover; Epidemiology; Mortality; Ozone; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OZONE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77956240653     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200908-1269OC     Document Type: Article

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