Influence of exposure error and effect modification by socioeconomic status on the association of acute cardiovascular mortality with particulate matter in Phoenix

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Wilson, William E ^a   Mar, Therese F ^b   Koenig, Jane Q ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mortality; Exposure error; Particulate matter; PM; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR; EXPOSURE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON REGRESSION MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARIZONA; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37249070990     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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