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Saharan Dust and Associations between Particulate Matter and Daily Mortality in Rome, Italy

Saharan Dust and Associations between Particulate Matter and Daily Mortality in Rome, Italy

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Saharan Dust and Associations between Particulate Matter and Daily Mortality in Rome, Italy

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Full title

Saharan Dust and Associations between Particulate Matter and Daily Mortality in Rome, Italy

Publisher

Research Triangle Park, NC: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Journal title

Environmental health perspectives, 2011-10, Vol.119 (10), p.1409-1414

Language

English

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Publisher

Research Triangle Park, NC: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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Contents

Background: Outbreaks of Saharan-Sahel dust over Euro-Mediterranean areas frequently induce exceedances of the Europen Union's 24-hr standard of 50 μg/m³ for paniculate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameter ≤ than 10 μm (PM₁₀). Objectives: We evaluated the effect of Saharan dust on the association between different PM fractions and daily mortality...

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Full title

Saharan Dust and Associations between Particulate Matter and Daily Mortality in Rome, Italy

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_900459816

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_900459816

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ISSN

0091-6765

E-ISSN

1552-9924

DOI

10.1289/ehp.1003026

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