Association between Short-term Exposure to Ultrafine Particles and Mortality in Eight European Urban Areas

Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 172-180

  Stafoggia, Massimo ^a,b   Schneider, Alexandra ^c   Cyrys, Josef ^c,d   Samoli, Evangelia ^e   Andersen, Zorana Jovanovic ^f   Bedada, Getahun Bero ^b   Bellander, Tom ^b,g   Cattani, Giorgio ^h   Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos ⁱ   Faustini, Annunziata ^a   Hoffmann, Barbara ^j   Jacquemin, Bénédicte ^k,l   Katsouyanni, Klea ^e   Massling, Andreas ^m   Pekkanen, Juha ^n,o   Perez, Noemi ^p   Peters, Annette ^c   Quass, Ulrich ^q   Yli Tuomi, Tarja ^a   Forastiere, Francesco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^h INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^j HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k UMR S 1168   (France)

^l CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^m AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^o NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^p INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^q Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology EV (IUTA)   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHILD; CITY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAS; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SWEDEN; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTION; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85002293062     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000599     Document Type: Article

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