Acute effects of ambient ozone on mortality in Europe and North America: Results from the APHENA study

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 445-453

  Peng, Roger D ^a   Samoli, Evangelia ^b   Pham, Luu ^a   Dominici, Francesca ^c   Touloumi, Giota ^b   Ramsay, Tim ^d   Burnett, Richard T ^d,e   Krewski, Daniel ^d   Le Tertre, Alain ^f   Cohen, Aaron ^g   Atkinson, Richard W ^h   Anderson, H Ross ^h,i   Katsouyanni, Klea ^b   Samet, Jonathan M ^j  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^f National Institute of Public Health Surveillance (InVS)   (France)

^g Health Effects Institute   (United States)

^h ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Mortality; Multi city; Ozone; Respiratory; Time series

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; HEALTH IMPACT; OZONE; POISSON RATIO; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

CANADA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878211871     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-012-0180-9     Document Type: Article

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