Mortality and long-term exposure to ambient air pollution: Ongoing analyses based on the American Cancer Society cohort

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 13-14, 2005, Pages 1093-1109

  Krewski, Daniel ^a   Burnett, Richard ^a   Jerrett, Michael ^b   Pope, C Arden ^c   Rainham, Daniel ^a   Calle, Eugenia ^d   Thurston, George ^e   Thun, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; CANCER MORTALITY; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COR PULMONALE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 23644440662     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390590935941     Document Type: Review

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