Sulfate concentrations as an indicator of ambient particulate matter air pollution for health risk evaluations

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-146

  Lippmann, Morton ^a   Thurston, George D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic aerosols; Human exposure; Morbidity; Mortality; Sulfate aerosols

Indexed keywords

PROTON; SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKE; SULFATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0029894238     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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