Air pollution and mortality: A history

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 142-152

  Anderson, H R ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; History; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DATA PROCESSING; FIBER OPTICS; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT AIRS; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH EFFECTS; MORTALITY; MULTIFACTORIAL DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL; POLICY DEVELOPMENTS; POLLUTED AREAS; POPULATION LEVELS; PRECISE METHODS; PUBLIC HEALTHS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ASSOCIATIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA PROCESSING; FOG; HEALTH IMPACT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOG; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 56449122939     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.026     Document Type: Article

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