The Health and Economic Burden of Air Pollution

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 931-932

  Franchini, Massimo ^a   Mannucci, Pier Mannuccio ^b   Harari, Sergio ^c   Pontoni, Federico ^d   Croci, Edoardo ^d  

^a CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^d BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; AMBIENT AIR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ESTHETICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; NOTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

EID: 84940462922     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.03.021     Document Type: Editorial

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