Interventions to reduce ambient particulate matter air pollution and their effect on health

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Burns, Jacob ^a   Boogaard, Hanna ^b   Turley, Ruth ^c   Pfadenhauer, Lisa M ^a   van Erp, Annemoon M ^b   Rohwer, Anke C ^d   Rehfuess, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Health Effects Institute   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85034711001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010919     Document Type: Article

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