Air pollution and daily mortality in two U.S. counties: Season-specific analyses and exposure-response relationships

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 877-907

  Moolgavkar, Suresh H ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE RESPONSE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0042358825     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370390215767     Document Type: Article

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