Mortality risk associated with short-term exposure to traffic particles and sulfates

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 751-755

  Maynard, Dan ^a   Coull, Brent A ^a   Gryparis, Alexandros ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Black carbon particles; Fine particles; GIS based exposure; Land use regression; Mortality; Particulate matter; Traffic

Indexed keywords

SULFATE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WEATHER;

EID: 34249010246     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9537     Document Type: Article

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