Associations between daily mortality in London and combined oxidant capacity, ozone and nitrogen dioxide

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 407-414

  Williams, M L ^a   Atkinson, R W ^b   Anderson, H R ^a,b   Kelly, F J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Mortality; Nitrogen dioxide; Oxidants; Ozone; Time series

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDANT; OZONE; POISSON RATIO; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84911812074     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-014-0249-8     Document Type: Article

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