Assessment of deaths attributable to air pollution: Should we use risk estimates based on time series or on cohort studies?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1050-1055

  Kunzli N ^a   Medina, S ^b   Kaiser, R ^a,b   Quene P ^b   Horak Jr , F ^c   Studnicka, M ^d  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b National Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^c ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d Center for Pulmonary Disease   (Austria)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cohort studies; Mortality; Risk assessment; Time factors

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035370264     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.11.1050     Document Type: Article

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