Diesel vehicle emission and death rates in Tokyo, Japan: A natural experiment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3620-3627

  Yorifuji, Takashi ^a,b,e   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b,e   Kaneda, Mariko ^c,e   Takao, Soshi ^a   Kashima, Saori ^a,d,e   Doi, Hiroyuki ^a,e  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Arakawa Ward Office   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Improved air quality; Mortality; Nitrogen dioxide; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; DIESEL ENGINES; EMISSION CONTROL; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); QUALITY CONTROL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIESEL EMISSION CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREAS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION CONTROL; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; JAPAN; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LUNG DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; TOKYO [TOKYO (PRF)];

EID: 80051793317     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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