Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and cardiopulmonary mortality in women

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 545-551

  Gehring, Ulrike ^a,b,c   Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Krämer, Ursula ^d   Grote, Veit ^a   Hochadel, Matthias ^a   Sugiri, Dorothea ^d   Kraft, Martin ^e   Rauchfuss, Knut ^f   Eberwein, Hans Georg ^f   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Ministry of the Environment and Conservation   (Germany)

^f North Rhine Westphalia State Environment Agency   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DYING; EXHAUST GAS; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GERMANY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33747118342     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000224541.38258.87     Document Type: Article

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