Developing consistent data and methods to measure the public health impacts of ambient air quality for Environmental Public Health Tracking: Progress to date and future directions

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 199-206

  Talbot, Thomas O ^a   Haley, Valerie B ^a   Dimmick, W Fred ^b   Paulu, Chris ^c   Talbott, Evelyn O ^d   Rager, Judy ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Environmental Public Health Tracking; EPHT; Myocardial infarction; Ozone; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955622757     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-009-0043-1     Document Type: Article

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