Chronic burden of near-roadway traffic pollution in 10 European cities (APHEKOM network)

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 594-605

  Perez, Laura ^a,b   Declercq, Christophe ^c   Inĩguez, Carmen ^e,f   Aguilera, Inmaculada ^f   Badaloni, Chiara ^j   Ballester, Ferran ^e,f   Bouland, Catherine ^k   Chanel, Olivier ^d   Cirarda, Francisco B ^g   Forastiere, Francesco ^j   Forsberg, Bertil ^l   Haluza, Daniela ⁿ   Hedlund, Britta ^m   Cambra, Koldo ^h   Lacasanã, Marina ^f,i   Moshammer, Hanns ^k   Otorepec, Peter ^o   Rodriǵuez Barranco, Miguel ⁱ   Medina, Sylvia ^c   Kun̈zli, Nino ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g Dept de Sanidad   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

ⁱ Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública EASP   (Spain)

^j DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^l UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m Swedish Environmental Protection Board   (Sweden)

ⁿ Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CITIES; CORONARY DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ITALY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84883548615     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00031112     Document Type: Article

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