A study of the association between daily mortality and ambient air pollutant concentrations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1481-1500

  Chock, David P ^a   Winkler, Sandra L ^a   Chen, Colin ^a,b  

^a FORD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SAS INSTITUTE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; MORTALITY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; SULFIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033625854     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2000.10464170     Document Type: Article

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