Why do estimates of the acute and chronic effects of air pollution on mortality differ?

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 13-14, 2005, Pages 1167-1174

  Thomas, Duncan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23644432831     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390590936030     Document Type: Article

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