Evaluation of short-term mortality attributable to particulate matter pollution in Spain

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue , 2017, Pages 541-551

  Ortiz, Cristina ^a   Linares, Cristina ^a   Carmona, Rocio ^a   Díaz, Julio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Daily mortality; Health impact assessment; PM10; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISKS; DAILY MORTALITY; GENERALISED LINEAR MODELS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION; PM10; PM2.5;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY RATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85013472867     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.037     Document Type: Article

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