Climate change, extreme weather events, air pollution and respiratory health in Europe

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 826-843

  De Sario, M ^a   Katsouyanni, K ^b   Michelozzi, P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUST STORM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FOGO SELVAGEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; WEATHER;

EID: 84878223440     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00074712     Document Type: Review

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