Identification of persons with cardiorespiratory conditions who are at risk of dying from the acute effects of ambient air particles

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2001, Pages 487-494

  Goldberg, Mark S ^a   Burnett, Richard T ^b   Bailar III, John C ^c   Tamblyn, Robyn ^a   Ernst, Pierre ^a,d   Flegel, Kenneth ^a   Brook, Jeffrey ^e   Bonvalot, Yvette ^f   Singh, Ravinder ^a   Valois, Marie France ^a   Vincent, Renaud ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f Montreal Public Health Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambient air pollution; Coefficient of haze; Epidemiology; Mortality; Particulates; PM10; PM2.5; Sulfates; Time series; Total suspended particles

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENDOTHELIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MODEL; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; TIME; TOXICOLOGY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0034823916     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109s4487     Document Type: Article

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