Mortality and ambient fine particles in southwest Mexico City, 1993-1995

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 849-855

  Borja Aburto, Víctor H ^a,b   Castillejos, Margarita ^c   Gold, Diane R ^d,e   Bierzwinski, Silvia ^c   Loomis, Dana ^f,g,h  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b Centro Nacional de Salud Ambiental   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular disease; Mexico; Mortality; Ozone; Particles; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032465816     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.106-1533229     Document Type: Article

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