Quantitative systematic review of the associations between short-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide and mortality and hospital admissions

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Mills, I C ^a   Atkinson, R W ^b   Kang, S ^b   Walton, H ^a,c,d   Anderson, H R ^b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG DISEASES; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930226502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006946     Document Type: Review

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