Urban air pollution and mortality in a cohort of Nowegian men

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 610-615

  Nafstad, Per ^a,b   Håheim, Lise ^c   Wisløff, Torbjørn ^b,c   Gram, Frederick ^d   Oftedal, Bente ^b   Holme, Ingar ^e   Hjermann, Ingvar ^e   Leren, Paul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Ctr Hlth Technol A   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cohort; Epidemiology; Long term exposure; Mortality; Norway

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORWAY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 12844277780     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6684     Document Type: Article

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