Ultrafine and fine particles and hospital admissions in central Europe results from the ufireg study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1233-1241

  Lanzinger, Stefanie ^a   Schneider, Alexandra ^a   Breitner, Susanne ^a   Stafoggia, Massimo ^b   Erzen, Ivan ^c   Dostal, Miroslav ^d   Pastorkova, Anna ^d   Bastian, Susanne ^e   Cyrys, Josef ^a,f   Zscheppang, Anja ^g   Kolodnitska, Tetiana ^h   Peters, Annette ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^e Agriculture and Geology   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^g DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^h Research Institute of Medico Ecological Problems   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Hospital admissions; Particulate matter; Respiratory; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL EUROPEAN; CITY; EASTERN EUROPEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CZECH REPUBLIC; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SLOVENIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UKRAINE; URBAN HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SLOVENIA; UKRAINE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84998962671     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201510-2042OC     Document Type: Article

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