Contribution of respiratory disease to nonrespiratory mortality associations with air pollution

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1117-1123

  De Leon, Samantha F ^a,b   Thurston, George D ^a   Ito, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Nelson Inst of Environ Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Circulatory mortality; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0037447185     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200205-409OC     Document Type: Article

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