PM source apportionment and health effects: 2. An investigation of intermethod variability in associations between source-apportioned fine particle mass and daily mortality in Washington, DC

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 300-310

  Ito, Kazuhiko ^a   Christensen, William F ^b   Eatough, Delbert J ^c   Henry, Ronald C ^d   Kim, Eugene ^e   Laden, Francine ^f   Lall, Ramona ^a   Larson, Timothy V ^g   Neas, Lucas ^h   Hopke, Philip K ^e   Thurston, George D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Brigham Young University   (United States)

^d Clarkson University ^*  (United States)

^e CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g University of Washington   (United States)

^h U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Health effects; Mortality; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; MASS; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SOIL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33746114881     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500464     Document Type: Article

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