The short-term effect of 24-h average and peak air pollution on mortality in Oslo Norway

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 717-727

  Madsen, Christian ^a   Rosland, Pal ^b   Hoff, Dominic Anthony ^a   Nystad, Wenche ^a   Nafstad, Per ^c   Næss, Øyvind Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b University of Oslo ^*  (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Case crossover; Mortality; Registry based; Short term exposure

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84871261776     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9719-1     Document Type: Article

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