Response to "A critique of 'fine particulate air pollution and total mortality among elderly Californians, 1973-2002'" by Bert Brunekreef, PhD, and Gerard Hoek, PhD

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 509-514

  Enstrom, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645768422     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370600596243     Document Type: Review

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