Particulate air pollution and daily mortality: Who is at risk?

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-53

  Goldberg, Mark S ^a,b  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

daily mortality; epidemiologic methods; particulate air pollution; review

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029875073     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.1996.9.43     Document Type: Article

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