Associations between ambient, personal, and indoor exposure to fine particulate matter constituents in Dutch and Finnish panels of cardiovascular patients

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 868-877

  Janssen, N A H ^a,b   Lanki, T ^c   Hoek, G ^b   Vallius, M ^c   De Hartog, J J ^b   Van Grieken, R ^d   Pekkanen, J ^c,e   Brunekreef, B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SULFUR; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXHAUST GAS; FILTER; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NETHERLANDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 28444473507     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.016618     Document Type: Article

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