A time-series analysis of acidic particulate matter and daily mortality and morbidity in the Buffalo, New York, region

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-133

  Gwynn, R Charon ^a   Burnett, Richard T ^b   Thurston, George D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid aerosols; Air pollution; Epidemiology; Hospital admissions; Mortality; Particulate matter; Time series techniques

Indexed keywords

ACID; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

BUBALUS;

EID: 0034063128     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3454510     Document Type: Article

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