Single and combined effects of air pollutants on circulatory and respiratory system-related mortality in Belgrade, Serbia

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-27

  Stojić, Svetlana Stanišić ^a   Stanišić, Nemanja ^b   Stojić, Andreja ^a   Šoštarić, Andrej ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b SINGIDUNUM UNIVERSITY   (Serbia)

^c Public Health Institute of Belgrade   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; FOSSIL FUEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BOUNDARY LAYER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BULGARIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEATING; HEIGHT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPERTENSION; LATVIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LITHUANIA; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY RATE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT; PORTUGAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERBIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOOT; UNITED KINGDOM; VELOCITY; WIND; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK; SEASON; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK; SEASONS; SERBIA; SEX FACTORS; SOOT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84957427270     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2015.1101407     Document Type: Article

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