Daily PM10/mortality associations: An investigation of at-risk subpopulations

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-95

  Ito, Kazuhiko ^a   Thurston, George D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; At risk populations; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RACE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WEATHER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; OZONE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 0029665222     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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