Particulate air pollution and daily mortality: Can results be generalized to Latin American countries? Contaminación atmosférica por partículas y mortalidad diaria: ¿se pueden generalizar los resultados a los países de Latinoamérica?

Objective. Recently, a series of reports, based on ecological analyses of routinely collected data, have shown positive associations between measures of particle concentration and daily mortality counts in various cities of the US and Europe. Material and methods. We reviewed the process of generali...

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Main Authors: ISABELLE ROMIEU, VÍCTOR HUGO BORJA-ABURTO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 1997-09-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36341997000500002