Short-term effects of particulate matter on mortality during forest fires in Southern Europe: Results of the MED-PARTICLES project

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 323-329

  Faustini, Annunziata ^a   Alessandrini, Ester R ^a   Pey, Jorge ^a,b,c   Perez, Noemi ^b   Samoli, Evangelia ^d   Querol, Xavier ^b   Cadum, Ennio ^e   Perrino, Cinzia ^f   Ostro, Bart ^g   Ranzi, Andrea ^h   Sunyer, Jordi ^g   Stafoggia, Massimo ^a   Forastiere, Francesco ^a   Angelini, P ⁱ   Berti, G ⁱ   Bisanti, L ⁱ   Catrambone, M ⁱ   Chiusolo, M ⁱ   Davoli, M ⁱ   De'donato, F ⁱ   Demaria, M ⁱ   Gandini, M ⁱ   Grosa, M ⁱ   Ferrari, S ⁱ   Pandolfi, P ⁱ   Pelosini, R ⁱ   Pietrodangelo, A ⁱ   Pizzi, L ⁱ   Poluzzi, V ⁱ   Priod, G ⁱ   Randi, G ⁱ   Rowinski, M ⁱ   Scarinzi, C ⁱ   Stivanello, E ⁱ   Zauli Sajani, S ⁱ   Dimakopoulou, K ^j   Elefteriadis, K ^j   Katsouyanni, K ^j   Kelessis, A ^j   Maggos, T ^j   Michalopoulos, N ^j   Pateraki, S ^j   Petrakakis, M ^j   Rodopoulou, S ^j   Sypsa, V ^j   Agis, D ^j   Artinano B ^j   Barrera Gomez J ^j   Basagana X ^j   De La Rosa, J ^j   Diaz, J ^j   Fernandez, R ^j   Jacquemin, B ^j   Karanasiou, A ^j   Linares, C ^j   Sanchez, A M ^j   Tobias, A ^j   Bidondo, M ^j   Declercq, C ^j   Le Tertre, A ^j   Lozano, P ^j   Medina, S ^j   Pascal, L ^j   Pascal, M ^j   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

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

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e Regional Environmental Protection Agency   (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^h Emilia Romagna Region Environmental Protection Agency   (Italy)

ⁱ ERA   (Italy)

^j NONE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CITY; COMBUSTION; FIRE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FOREST; SEASON;

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FIRES; FORESTS; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; SMOKE;

EID: 84928111144     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102459     Document Type: Article

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