Assessing air quality with regards to its effect on human health in the European Union through air quality indices

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-115

  Dimitriou, K ^a   Paschalidou, A K ^a   Kassomenos, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality index; Exposure; Health risk communication; Mortality

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; EU COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN HEALTH; LOW POLLUTION; MONITORING STATIONS; MORTALITY; QUALITY INDICES; RISK COMMUNICATION;

AIR POLLUTION; FISH; HEALTH HAZARDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84871964060     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.11.023     Document Type: Article

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