The association between daily mortality and ambient air particle pollution in Montreal, Quebec: 2. Cause-specific mortality

Environmental Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-36

  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   Vincent, Renaud ^b  

^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; Cancer; Cardiovascular diseases; Cause specific mortality; Coefficient of haze; Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Particulates; PM10; PM2.5; Respiratory diseases; Sulfate; Time series; Total suspended particles

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN; SULFATE;

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

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HAZE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VASOCONSTRICTION; WEATHER;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035018664     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2001.4243     Document Type: Article

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