Air pollution and daily mortality in London: 1987-92

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7032, 1996, Pages 665-669

  Anderson, H Ross ^a   Ponce De Leon, Antonio ^a   Bland, J Martin ^a   Bower, Jonathan S ^b   Strachan, David P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE;

EID: 9044248229     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7032.665     Document Type: Article

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