The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency particulate matter health effects research centers program: A midcourse report of status, progress, and plans

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1074-1092

  Lippmann, Morton ^a   Frampton, Mark ^b   Schwartz, Joel ^c   Dockery, Douglas ^c   Schlesinger, Richard ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^c   Froines, John ^d   Nel, Andre ^d   Finkelstein, Jack ^b   Godleski, John ^c   Kaufman, Joel ^e   Koenig, Jane ^e   Larson, Tim ^e   Luchtel, Dan ^e   Liu, L J Sally ^e   Oberdörster, Günter ^b   Peters, Annette ^b   Sarnat, Jeremy ^c   Sioutas, Constantinos ^f   Suh, Helen ^c   Sullivan, Jeff ^e   Utell, Mark ^b   Wichmann, Erich ^b   Zelikoff, Judith ^a   more..

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute effects; Biological mechanisms; Chronic effects; Criteria pollutants; Dosimetry; Exposure assessment; Infrastructure; Morbidity; Mortality; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORKSHOP;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038691960     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5750     Document Type: Review

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