Characterization of PM2.5, gaseous pollutants, and meteorological interactions in the context of time-series health effects models

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue , 2007, Pages S45-S60

  Ito, Kazuhiko ^a   Thurston, George D ^a   Silverman, Robert A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health effects; Nitrogen dioxide; Particulate matter; Weather

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; METEOROLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW YORK CITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WEATHER;

EID: 37249032830     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500627     Document Type: Article

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