Fine particle components and health - A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological time series studies of daily mortality and hospital admissions

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 208-214

  Atkinson, Richard W ^a   Mills, Inga C ^b   Walton, Heather A ^c,d   Anderson, H Ross ^a,c  

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

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hospital admissions; mortality; particle components; systematic review; time series

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; NITRATES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923633397     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.63     Document Type: Article

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