Harvesting and long term exposure effects in the relation between air pollution and mortality

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 440-448

  Schwartz, Joel ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR QUALITY; HARVESTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034159782     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010228     Document Type: Article

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