Environmental burden of disease in Europe: Assessing nine risk factors in six countries

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 439-446

  Hänninen, Otto ^a   Knol, Anne B ^b   Jantunen, Matti ^a   Lim, Tek Ang ^c   Conrad, André ^d   Rappolder, Marianne ^d   Carrer, Paolo ^e   Fanetti, Anna Clara ^e   Kim, Rokho ^f   Buekers, Jurgen ^g   Torfs, Rudi ^g   Iavarone, Ivano ^h   Classen, Thomas ⁱ   Hornberg, Claudia ⁱ   Mekel, Odile C L ^j  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

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

^d UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^h ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

ⁱ BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j NRW Centre for Health   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DIOXIN; FORMALDEHYDE; LEAD; OZONE; RADON; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE;

AIR POLLUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899766692     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206154     Document Type: Review

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