Long-term trends and health impact of PM2.5 and O3 in Tehran, Iran, 2006–2015

Environment International

Volumn 114, Issue , 2018, Pages 37-49

  Faridi, Sasan ^a   Shamsipour, Mansour ^a   Krzyzanowski, Michal ^b   Künzli, Nino ^c,d   Amini, Heresh ^c,d   Azimi, Faramarz ^a   Malkawi, Mazen ^e   Momeniha, Fatemeh ^f   Gholampour, Akbar ^g   Hassanvand, Mohammad Sadegh ^a   Naddafi, Kazem ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health burden; O3; PM2.5; Tehran; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; PM2.5; TEHRAN; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IRAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN]; TEHRAN [TEHRAN (PRV)];

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRAN; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 85042231407     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.02.026     Document Type: Article

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