Air quality modeling and mortality impact of fine particles reduction policies in Spain

Environmental Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-26

  Boldo, Elena ^a,b   Linares, Cristina ^a,b   Aragonés, Nuria ^a,b   Lumbreras, Julio ^c   Borge, Rafael ^c   de la Paz, David ^c   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^a,b   Fernández Navarro, Pablo ^a,b   García Pérez, Javier ^a,b   Pollán, Marina ^a,b   Ramis, Rebeca ^a,b   Moreno, Teresa ^d   Karanasiou, Angeliki ^d   López Abente, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality models; Air quality policies; Fine particles; Ischemic cardiac events; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; AIR QUALITY MODELS; AIR QUALITY POLICIES; FINE PARTICLES; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC CARDIAC EVENTS; LEGAL ASPECT; LUNG TUMOR;

SPAIN;

AIR QUALITY MODELS; AIR QUALITY POLICIES; FINE PARTICLES; ISCHEMIC CARDIAC EVENTS; LUNG CANCER;

AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPAIN;

EID: 84895157371     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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