Effects of local and saharan particles on cardiovascular disease mortality

Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 768-769

  Pérez, Laura ^a   Tobías, Aurelio ^b   Pey, Jorge ^b   Pérez, Noemí ^b   Alastuey, Andrés ^b   Sunyer, Jordi ^c   Querol, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DUST; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DUST; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 84864885732     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182625d0d     Document Type: Letter

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