Association between mortality and indicators of traffic-related air pollution in the Netherlands: A cohort study

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Volumn 360, Issue 9341, 2002, Pages 1203-1209

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

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

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE;

EID: 0037136938     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11280-3     Document Type: Article

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