Clean air in Europe: Beyond the horizon?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-10

  Brunekreef, Bert ^a,b   Künzli, Nino ^c,d   Pekkanen, Juha ^e,f   Annesi Maesano, Isabella ^g   Forsberg, Bertil ^h   Sigsgaard, Torben ⁱ   Keuken, Menno ^j   Forastiere, Francesco ^k   Barry, Maeve ^l   Querol, Xavier ^m   Harrison, Roy M ^n,o  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g INSTITUT PIERRE LOUIS D EPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (France)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^j Netherlands Organization for Applied Research   (Netherlands)

^k DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^l European Respiratory Society   (Belgium)

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

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^o KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN OXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLICY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84920628701     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00186114     Document Type: Review

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