PubMed search filters for the study of putative outdoor air pollution determinants of disease

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Curti, Stefania ^a   Gori, Davide ^b   Di Gregori, Valentina ^b   Farioli, Andrea ^a   Baldasseroni, Alberto ^c   Fantini, Maria Pia ^b   Christiani, David C ^d   Violante, Francesco S ^a   Mattioli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Tuscany Regional Centre for Occupational Injuries and Diseases CeRIMP   (Italy)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Preventive Medicine; Statistics Research Methods

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; PARTICULATE MATTER; MEDLINE; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH; SEARCH ENGINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; PUBMED; RESEARCH; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 85007062143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013092     Document Type: Article

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