Quantifying the health impacts of outdoor air pollution: Useful estimations for public health action

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 480-483

  Medina, Sylvia ^a   Ballester, Ferran ^b,c,d   Chanel, Olivier ^e   Declercq, Christophe ^a   Pascal, Mathilde ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Gerencia FISABIO   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH POLICY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881227950     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200908     Document Type: Article

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