Applying a moving total mortality count to the cities in the NMMAPS database to estimate the mortality effects of particulate matter air pollution

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-197

  Roberts, S ^a   Martin, M A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DATA BASE; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33644924882     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.023317     Document Type: Article

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