A time-series study of the health effects of water-soluble and total-extractable metal content of airborne particulate matter

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 636-638

  Heal, Mathew R ^a   Elton, R A ^a   Hibbs, L R ^a   Agius, R M ^b   Beverland, I J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; METAL; NICKEL; VANADIUM; WATER; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SCOTLAND; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

EID: 69949096600     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.045310     Document Type: Article

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