Reanalysis of the Harvard Six Cities Study, Part II: Sensitivity analysis

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 343-353

  Krewski, Daniel ^a   Burnett, R T ^b   Goldberg, M ^c   Hoover, K ^d   Siemiatycki, J ^c   Abrahamowicz, M ^c   Villeneuve, P J ^e   White, W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Hoover Consultants   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CITY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUME; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 21344457698     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370590929439     Document Type: Article

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