The relationship between selected causes of postneonatal infant mortality and particulate air pollution in the United States

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 608-612

  Woodruff, Tracey J ^a   Grillo, Jeanne ^b   Schoendorf, Kenneth C ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Infant mortality; Particulate air pollution; Postneonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATISTICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030870234     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105608     Document Type: Article

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