Very fine and ultrafine metals and ischemic heart disease in the California Central Valley 2: 1974-1991

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1135-1142

  Cahill, Thomas A ^a,b   Barnes, David E ^a   Withycombe, Earl ^b   Watnik, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Health Effects Task Force   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; ENERGY SOURCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAGNITUDE REDUCTION; MAJOR FACTORS; MORTALITY RATE; PETROLEUM RECOVERY; RELATIVE RATES; RESIDUAL OIL; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STEAM GENERATION; ULTRAFINE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARDIOLOGY; CRUDE OIL; METAL RECOVERY; NATURAL GAS; NICKEL; SHIPS; STEAM; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

LANDFORMS;

NICKEL; VANADIUM;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

EID: 79956326550     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2011.582196     Document Type: Article

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