The risk of dying on days of higher air pollution among the socially disadvantaged elderly

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-393

  Cakmak, Sabit ^a   Dales, Robert E ^b   Angelica Rubio, Maria ^c   Blanco Vidal, Claudia ^d  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Elderly; Environment; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME SERIES;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DYING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHILE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEX FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILE;

EID: 79952899534     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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