Associations between ultrafine and fine particles and mortality in five central European cities - Results from the UFIREG study.

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Evidence on health effects of ultrafine particles (UFP) is still limited as they are usually not monitored routinely. The few epidemiological studies on UFP and (cause-specific) mortality so far have reported inconsistent results.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Environ Int

Title: Environment international

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-6750

ISSN (Print): 0160-4120

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 2016

Volume: 88

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[1 ] Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology II, Neuherberg, Germany. Electronic address: stefanie.lanzinger@helmholtz-muenchen.de.

[2 ] Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology II, Neuherberg, Germany.

[3 ] Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Region Health Service, Rome, Italy.

[4 ] National Institute of Public Health Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

[5 ] Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.

[6 ] Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology, Dresden, Germany.

[7 ] Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology II, Neuherberg, Germany; Environmental Science Center, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.

[8 ] Research Association Public Health Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

[9 ] L.I. Medved's Research Center of Preventive Toxicology, Food and Chemical Safety, Ministry of Health, Chernivtsi, Ukraine.

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Publisher Item ID: S0160-4120(15)30110-0

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.12.006

PubMed ID: 26708280

SO-VID: 45de6db3-da68-410d-9d77-a6fc27c222c0

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Keywords: Central Europe,Mortality,Particulate matter,Time series,Ultrafine particles

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Keywords: Central Europe, Mortality, Particulate matter, Time series, Ultrafine particles

Associations between ultrafine and fine particles and mortality in five central European cities - Results from the UFIREG study.

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