Role of Saharan dust in the relationship between particulate matter and short-term daily mortality among the elderly in Madrid (Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5729-5736

  Jimenez E ^a   Linares, C ^b   Martinez D ^c   Diaz J ^d  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mortality; Particulate matter; PM10; PM2.5; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10; PM2.5; SAHARAN DUST;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DUST;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISCHEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPAIN;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 77958110125     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.049     Document Type: Article

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