Particulate air pollution and health inequalities: A Europe-wide ecological analysis

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Richardson, Elizabeth A ^a   Pearce, Jamie ^a   Tunstall, Helena ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b   Shortt, Niamh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Europe; Exposure; Health inequalities; Mortality; NUTS regions; Particulate matter; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84880087297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-12-34     Document Type: Article

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