TY - GEN AU - Basagaña, Xavier AU - Jacquemin, Benedicte AU - Karanasiou, Angeliki AU - Ostro, Bart AU - Querol, Xavier AU - Agis, David AU - Alessandrini, Ester AU - Alguacil, Juan AU - Artiñano, Begoña AU - Catrambone, Maria AU - de la Rosa, Jesús D AU - Diaz-Jimenez, Julio AU - Faustini, Annunziata AU - Ferrari, Silvia AU - Forastiere, Francesco AU - Katsouyanni, Klea AU - Linares-Gil, Cristina AU - Perrino, Cinzia AU - Ranzi, Andrea AU - Ricciardelli, Isabella AU - Samoli, Evangelia AU - Zauli-Sajani, Stefano AU - Sunyer, Jordi AU - Stafoggia, Massimo PY - 2015 DO - 10.1016/j.envint.2014.11.011 SN - 0160-4120 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/8947 AB - BACKGROUND: Few recent studies examined acute effects on health of individual chemical species in the particulate matter (PM) mixture, and most of them have been conducted in North America. Studies in Southern Europe are scarce. The aim of this study... LA - eng PB - Elsevier KW - Chemical constituent KW - Hospital admissions KW - Mortality KW - Particulate matter KW - Species KW - Air Pollutants KW - Cardiovascular Diseases KW - Cities KW - Hospitalization KW - Humans KW - Italy KW - Metals, Heavy KW - Nitrates KW - Particle Size KW - Particulate Matter KW - Respiratory Tract Diseases KW - Spain KW - Sulfates TI - Short-term effects of particulate matter constituents on daily hospitalizations and mortality in five South-European cities: results from the MED-PARTICLES project TY - research article ER -