Synoptic weather modeling and estimates of the exposure-response relationship between daily mortality and particulate air pollution

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 414-420

  Arden Pope III, C ^a   Kalkstein, Laurence S ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Mortality; Particle pollution; Synoptic weather modeling; Weather

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 0029953573     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3432686     Document Type: Article

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