Air pollution and mortality: Results from a study of Santiago, Chile

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-114

  Ostro, Bart ^a   Sanchez, Jose Miguel ^b   Aranda, Carlos ^c   Eskeland, Gunnar S ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Colegio Medico de Chile ^*  (Chile)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Mortality; Particles; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILE; EASTERN EUROPE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 0030006194     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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