Long-term ozone exposure and mortality

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1085-1095

  Jerrett, Michael ^a   Burnett, Richard T ^b   Arden Pope III, C ^c   Ito, Kazuhiko ^d   Thurston, George ^d   Krewski, Daniel ^e   Shi, Yuanli ^e   Calle, Eugenia ^f   Thun, Michael ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 62349089654     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0803894     Document Type: Article

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