Apparent temperature and air pollution vs. elderly population mortality in metro Vancouver

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Krstić, Goran ^a  

^a FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WINTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80053229283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025101     Document Type: Article

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