Traffic air pollution and mortality rate advancement periods

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-177

  Finkelstein, Murray M ^a,b   Jerrett, Michael ^a   Sears, Malcolm R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Automobiles; Mortality; Urbanization; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; URBAN POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ONTARIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 3242701392     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh181     Document Type: Article

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