Saharan dust and association between particulate matter and case-specific mortality: A case-crossover analysis in Madrid (Spain)

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Díaz, Julio ^a   Tobías, Aurelio ^b   Linares, Cristina ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

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

^c CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DUST; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; AFRICA; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CITY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; SEASON;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CITIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DUST; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EID: 84859791782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-11     Document Type: Article

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