Estimation of long-term average exposure to outdoor air pollution for a cohort study on mortality

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 459-469

  Hoek, Gerard ^a   Fischer, Paul ^b   Van Den Brandt, Piet ^c   Goldbohm, Sandra ^d   Brunekreef, Bert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Geographic Information System; Mortality; NO2; Traffic

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0035667464     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500189     Document Type: Article

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