Does improved exposure information for PM2.5 constituents explain differing results among epidemiological studies?

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 381-393

  Grahame, Thomas J ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; SULFATE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 70350597691     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370802380495     Document Type: Review

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