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Health Effects of Air Pollution and Air Temperature

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The aim of environmental epidemiology is to detect a possible risk or to investigate the exposure-response relation with time, duration, location and amount of exposure being the major determinants for that relationship. The assessment of health effects in environmental epidemiology can for example be done by using routine data such as emergency room visits or death certificates. It is very well known that the health of a population is very dependent on a stable and functioning ecosystem. Air as well as climate has a major impact on the function and procedures within the ecosystem.

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    Alexandra Schneider, Susanne Breitner, Irene Brüske, Kathrin Wolf, Regina Rückerl & Annette Peters

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Schneider, A., Breitner, S., Brüske, I., Wolf, K., Rückerl, R., Peters, A. (2011). Health Effects of Air Pollution and Air Temperature. In: Krämer, A., Khan, M., Kraas, F. (eds) Health in Megacities and Urban Areas. Contributions to Statistics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2733-0_8

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