Quantifying the health impacts of ambient air pollutants: recommendations of a WHO/Europe project

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 619-627

  Héroux, Marie Eve ^a   Anderson, H Ross ^b,j   Atkinson, Richard ^b   Brunekreef, Bert ^c,d   Cohen, Aaron ^e   Forastiere, Francesco ^f   Hurley, Fintan ^g   Katsouyanni, Klea ^h   Krewski, Daniel ⁱ   Krzyzanowski, Michal ^j   Künzli, Nino ^k,l   Mills, Inga ^m   Querol, Xavier ⁿ   Ostro, Bart ^o   Walton, Heather ^p  

^a European Centre for Environment and Health   (Germany)

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

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e Health Effects Institute   (United States)

^f Department of Mental Health   (Italy)

^g INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^j KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^m PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^o Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Branch   (United States)

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

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Author keywords

Air pollutants; Cost benefit analysis; Health impact assessment; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84933182439     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0690-y     Document Type: Article

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