Outdoor air pollution: Particulate matter health effects

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 333, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-243

  Chen, Tze Ming ^a   Gokhale, Janaki ^b   Shofer, Scott ^c   Kuschner, Ware G ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular diseases; Health; Respiratory tract diseases

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG CANCER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 34247244667     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31803b8dcc     Document Type: Article

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