A time-series study of air pollution, socioeconomic status, and mortality in Vancouver, Canada

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 427-435

  Villeneuve, Paul J ^a,b   Burnett, Richard T ^c   Shi, Yuanli ^d   Krewski, Daniel ^d   Goldberg, Mark S ^e   Hertzman, Clyde ^f   Chen, Yue ^d   Brook, Jeff ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Epistream Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f B C Ctr for Hlth Plcy and Res   (Canada)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Mortality; Risk assessment; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0345097554     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500292     Document Type: Article

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