Fine particulate matter and mortality: A comparison of the Six Cities and American Cancer Society cohorts with a medicare cohort

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-216

  Eftim, Sorina E ^a   Samet, Jonathan M ^a   Janes, Holly ^a   McDermott, Aidan ^a   Dominici, Francesca ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39149121128     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181632c09     Document Type: Article

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