Short-term association between exposure to ozone and mortality in Oporto, Portugal

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-410

  Almeida, Sofia Pinto de ^a,b   Casimiro, Elsa ^b,c   Calheiros, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INFOTOX   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Mortality; Oporto; Ozone; Portugal

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY RISK; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER;

PORTO [PORTO (DST)]; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79952902619     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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