Particulate air pollution and socioeconomic position in rural and urban areas of the Northeastern United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Brochu, Paul J ^a,b   Yanosky, Jeff D ^c   Paciorek, Christopher J ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Chen, Jarvis T ^a   Herrick, Robert F ^a   Suh, Helen H ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RACE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NEW ENGLAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 81555220086     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300232     Document Type: Article

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