The relation between air pollution and respiratory deaths in Tehran, Iran- using generalized additive models

Abstract Background Some epidemiological evidence has shown a relation between ambient air pollution and adverse health outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of air pollution on mortality from respiratory diseases in Tehran, Iran. Methods In this ecological study, air polluti...

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Main Authors: Azizallah Dehghan, Narges Khanjani, Abbas Bahrampour, Gholamreza Goudarzi, Masoud Yunesian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0613-9