Browsing by Author "Ostro, Bart"

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    • Associations between fine and coarse particles and mortality in Mediterranean cities: results from the MED-PARTICLES project 

      Samoli, Evangelia; Stafoggia, Massimo; Rodopoulou, Sophia; Ostro, Bart; Declercq, Christophe; Alessandrini, Ester; Díaz, Julio; Karanasiou, Angeliki; Kelessis, Apostolos G.; Le Tertre, Alain; Pandolfi, Paolo; Randi, Giorgia; Scarinzi, Cecilia; Zauli-Sajani, Stefano; Katsouyanni, Klea; Forastiere, Francesco; Study Group, MED-PARTICLES; Agis Cherta, David (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2013-08-01)
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      Few studies have investigated the independent health effects of different size fractions of particulate matter (PM) in multiple locations, especially in Europe. We estimated the short-term effects of PM with aerodynamic ...

    • Short-term effects of particulate matter on mortality during forest fires in Southern Europe: results of the MED-PARTICLES Project 

      Faustini, Annunziata; Alessandrini, Ester R.; Pey, Jorge; Perez Lozano, Noemi; Samoli, Evangelia; Querol, Xavier; Cadum, Ennio; Perrino, Cinzia; Ostro, Bart; Ranzi, Andrea; Sunyer, Jordi; Stafoggia, Massimo; Forastiere, Francesco; study group, MED-PARTICLES; Agis Cherta, David (2015-04-14)
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      An association between occurrence of wildfires and mortality in the exposed population has been observed in several studies with controversial results for cause-specific mortality. In the Mediterranean area, forest fires ...

    • The risks of acute exposure to black carbon in Southern Europe: results from the MED-PARTICLES project 

      Ostro, Bart; Tobias Garcés, Aurelio; Karanasiou, Angeliki; Samoli, Evangelia; Querol, Xavier; Rodopoulou, Sophia; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Eleftheriadis, Kostas; Diapouli, Evangelia; Vratolis, Stergios; Jacquemin, Bénédicte; Katsouyanni, Klea; Sunyer, Jordi; Forastiere, Francesco; Stafoggia, Massimo; Study Group, MED-PARTICLES; Agis Cherta, David (2015-01-09)
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      While several studies have reported associations of daily exposures to PM2.5 (particles less than 2.5 µm) with mortality, few studies have examined the impact of its constituents such as black carbon (BC), which is also a ...