Air pollution attributable postneonatal infant mortality in U.S. metropolitan areas: A risk assessment study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-20

  Kaiser, Reinhard ^a   Romieu, Isabelle ^b   Medina, Sylvia ^c   Schwartz, Joel ^d   Krzyzanowski, Michal ^e   Künzli, Nino ^a,f  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c National Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 2942668055     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-3-1     Document Type: Article

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