Ozone, suspended particulates, and daily mortality in Mexico City

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 258-268

  Borja Aburto, Victor H ^a   Loomis, Dana P ^b   Bangdiwala, Shrikant I ^b   Shy, Carl M ^b   Rascon Pacheco, Ramon A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; environment; mortality

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY IMPACT; OZONE EXPOSURE; POPULATION MORTALITY;

MEXICO, MEXICO CITY;

EID: 0030619718     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009099     Document Type: Article

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