Air pollution and infant mortality in Mexico City

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 118-123

  Loomis, Dana ^a,b   Castillejos, Margarita ^c   Gold, Diane R ^d   McDonnell, William ^e   Borja Aburto, Víctor Hugo ^f  

^a IL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Developing countries; Dust; Fine particles; Infant mortality; Mexico; Ozone

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DUST; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MEXICO; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032936854     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199903000-00006     Document Type: Article

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