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

Bart Ostro; Aurelio Tobias; Angeliki Karanasiou; Evangelia Samoli; Xavier Querol; Sophia Rodopoulou; Xavier Basagaña; Kostas Eleftheriadis; Evangelia Diapouli; Stergios Vratolis; Benedicte Jacquemin; Klea Katsouyanni; Jordi Sunyer; Francesco Forastiere; Massimo Stafoggia

doi:10.1136/oemed-2014-102184

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

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Bart Ostro Air Pollution Epidemiology Section, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, CAL EPA, Oakland, California, USA Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aurelio Tobias Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Angeliki Karanasiou Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Evangelia Samoli Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Xavier Querol Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sophia Rodopoulou Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Xavier Basagaña Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Barcelona, Spain Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kostas Eleftheriadis ERL, Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Science & Technology, Energy & Safety N.C.S.R. Demokritos, Athens, Greece PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Evangelia Diapouli ERL, Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Science & Technology, Energy & Safety N.C.S.R. Demokritos, Athens, Greece PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stergios Vratolis ERL, Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Science & Technology, Energy & Safety N.C.S.R. Demokritos, Athens, Greece PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Benedicte Jacquemin Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Barcelona, Spain Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, INSERM & UMRS, Villejuif, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Klea Katsouyanni Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King's College, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jordi Sunyer Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Francesco Forastiere Department of Epidemiology Lazio Region, Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Massimo Stafoggia Department of Epidemiology Lazio Region, Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Bart Ostro, Air Pollution Epidemiology Section, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), California EPA, Oakland, CA 94611, USA; Bart.ostro{at}oehha.ca.gov

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Ostro B, Tobias A, Karanasiou A and the MED-PARTICLES Study Group, et al

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

Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2015;72:123-129.

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Received March 3, 2014
Revised September 30, 2014
Accepted October 14, 2014
First published November 10, 2014.

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April 27, 2016

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