Temporal and spatial relations between age specific mortality and ambient air quality in the United States: Regression results for counties, 1960-97

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 156-174

  Lipfert, F W ^a   Morris, S C ^a  

^a Environmental Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036196546     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.3.156     Document Type: Article

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