Particulate matter in ambient air and mortality: Toxicologic perspectives

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 326-335

  Green, Laura C ^a   Armstrong, Sarah R ^a  

^a Cambridge Environmental   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Causal inference; Criteria pollutant; Diesel engine exhaust; EPA regulation; Epidemiology; Nitrate; Particulate matter; PM2.5; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRONCHITIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; HEART DISEASE; INHALATION TEST; LETHALITY; LUNG DISEASE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 0242624527     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-2300(03)00099-0     Document Type: Article

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