The association between daily mortality and ambient air particle pollution in Montreal, Quebec. 1. Nonaccidental mortality

Environmental Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-25

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

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e 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

SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATE;

AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HAZE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOG; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC;

EID: 0035001397     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2001.4242     Document Type: Article

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