Association between ambient ozone and health outcomes in Prague

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-97

  Hůnová, Iva ^a   Malý, Marek ^b,c   Řezáčová, Jana ^a   Braniš, Martin ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ambient ozone; Cardiovascular diseases; Hospital admissions; Mortality; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; OZONE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 84872333173     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-012-0751-y     Document Type: Article

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