Effects of heat waves on mortality: Effect modification and confounding by air pollutants

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-22

  Analitis, Antonis ^a   Michelozzi, Paola ^b   D'Ippoliti, Daniela ^b   De'Donato, Francesca ^b   Menne, Bettina ^c   Matthies, Franziska ^c   Atkinson, Richard W ^d   Iñiguez, Carmen ^e,f,g   Basagaña, Xavier ^f,h,i   Schneider, Alexandra ^j   Lefranc, Agnès ^k   Paldy, Anna ^l   Bisanti, Luigi ^m   Katsouyanni, Klea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Regional Health Authority   (Italy)

^c WHO Regional Office for Europe   (Germany)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Center for Public Health Research   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^h CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^j INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^k French Institute for Public Health Surveillance InVS   (France)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^m Local Health Authority   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DEATH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATABASES, FACTUAL; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890126568     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31828ac01b     Document Type: Article

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