Mortality analysis by neighbourhood in a city with high levels of industrial air pollution

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 645-653

  Vigotti, Maria Angela ^a,c   Mataloni, Francesca ^b   Bruni, Antonella ^c   Minniti, Caterina ^c   Gianicolo, Emilio A L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort mortality analysis; High risk area; Industrial air pollution; Taranto

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; ITALY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905398666     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0554-x     Document Type: Article

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