Impact of legislative changes to reduce the sulphur content in fuels in Europe on daily mortality in 20 European cities: An analysis of data from the Aphekom project

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-91

  Le Tertre, Alain ^a,f   Henschel, Susann ^b   Atkinson, Richard W ^c   Analitis, Antonis ^d   Zeka, Ariana ^e   Katsouyanni, Klea ^d   Goodman, Pat ^b   Medina, Sylvia ^a  

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

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f InVS   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Intervention studies; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH RISK; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MORTALITY; PROJECT DESIGN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR; URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

EID: 84895881826     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-013-0215-x     Document Type: Article

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