Short-term effects of particulate matter on total mortality during Saharan dust outbreaks: A case-crossover analysis in Madrid (Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 412-413, Issue , 2011, Pages 386-389

  Tobías, Aurelio ^a   Pérez, Laura ^b   Díaz, Julio ^c   Linares, Cristina ^d   Pey, Jorge ^a   Alastruey, Andrés ^a   Querol, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case crossover; Mortality; Particulate matter; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CASE-CROSSOVER; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; MORTALITY; NOT GIVEN; P-VALUES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAHARAN DUST; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HEALTH RISKS;

DUST;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESEARCH WORK; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84855845383     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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