Effect of PM10 and O3 on infant mortality among residents in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area: A case-crossover analysis, 1997-2005

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 715-721

  Carbajal Arroyo, L ^a   Miranda Soberanis, V ^b   Medina Ramon M ^c,d,e   Rojas Bracho, L ^f   Tzintzun, G ^f   Solis Gutierrez P ^g   Mendez Ramirez I ^h   Hurtado Diaz M ^b   Schwartz, J ^c   Romieu, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^f Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^g EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^h Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA SET; INFANT MORTALITY; LOGISTICS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MEXICO; NEWBORN; PARTICLE SIZE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79960055007     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.101212     Document Type: Article

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