Health impact assessment of fine particle pollution at the regional level

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1396-1405

  Baccini, Michela ^a   Biggeri, Annibale ^a   Grillo, Paolo ^a   Consonni, Dario ^a   Bertazzi, Pier Alberto ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Air pollution; Attributable risk; Bayesian analysis; Particulate matter; Public health; Shrunken estimator

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GUIDELINE; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGIONAL PATTERN; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; FINE PARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ITALY; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ITALY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ITALY; LOMBARDY;

EID: 83755225727     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr256     Document Type: Article

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