Health impacts of anthropogenic biomass burning in the developed world

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1577-1588

  Sigsgaard, Torben ^a   Forsberg, Bertil ^b   Annesi Maesano, Isabella ^c   Blomberg, Anders ^b   Bølling, Anette ^d   Boman, Christoffer ^b   Bønløkke, Jakob ^a   Brauer, Michael ^e   Bruce, Nigel ^f   Héroux, Marie Eve ^g   Hirvonen, Maija Riitta ^h   Kelly, Frank ⁱ   Künzli, Nino ^j,k   Lundbäck, Bo ^l   Moshammer, Hanns ^m   Noonan, Curtis ⁿ   Pagels, Joachim ^o   Sallsten, Gerd ^l   Sculier, Jean Paul ^p   Brunekreef, Bert ^q,r  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUT PIERRE LOUIS D EPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (France)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g WHO Regional Office for Europe   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^m MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^o LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p Oncology Jules Bordet Center   (Belgium)

^q UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^r UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTER; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; BIOMASS; BIOMASS BURNING; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIPHORA; EUROPE; FIRE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFLUENZA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG CONGESTION; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REACTIVE HYPEREMIA INDEX; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; THROMBOSIS; TOXICITY; WHEEZING; WILDFIRE; WINTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEATING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC POLICY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANT; BIOFUEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH POLICY; HEATING; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC POLICY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKE; WOOD;

EID: 84948990037     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01865-2014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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