Analysis of air pollution mortality in terms of life expectancy changes: Relation between time series, intervention, and cohort studies

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Rabl, Ari ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

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Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644832387     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-5-1     Document Type: Article

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