Reanalysis of the effects of air pollution on daily mortality in Seoul, Korea: A case-crossover design

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 633-636

  Lee, Jong Tae ^a,b   Schwartz, Joel ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Case control studies; Case crossover designs; Epidemiologic methods; Mortality

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; KOREA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEASON;

EID: 0032875942     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107633     Document Type: Article

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