Infant mortality and air pollution: Modifying effect by social class

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1210-1216

  Romieu, Isabelle ^a   Ramírez Aguilar, Matiana ^a   Moreno Macias, Hortensia ^a   Barraza Villarreal, Albino ^a   Miller, Paul ^b   Hernández Cadena, Leticia ^a   Carbajal Arroyo, Luz Aurora ^a,c   Hernandez Avila, Mauricio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Commn for Environ Cooperation ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEXICO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 10444237253     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000147224.35351.08     Document Type: Article

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