Long-term exposure to ambient ozone and mortality: A quantitative systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence from cohort studies

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Atkinson, R W ^a   Butland, B K ^a   Dimitroulopoulou, C ^b   Heal, M R ^c   Stedman, J R ^d   Carslaw, N ^e   Jarvis, D ^f   Heaviside, C ^b   Vardoulakis, S ^b   Walton, H ^g   Anderson, H R ^a,g  

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

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TIME FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MORTALITY; OZONE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84960468144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009493     Document Type: Review

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