Air pollution and mortality in Chile: Susceptibility among the elderly

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 524-527

  Cakmak, Sabit ^a   Dales, Robert E ^b,d   Vidal, Claudia Blanco ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Area Descontaminacion Atmosferica   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Elderly; Environment; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34247116554     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9567     Document Type: Article

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