Improving the linkages between air pollution epidemiology and quantitative risk assessment

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1671-1675

  Fann, Neal ^a   Bell, Michelle L ^b   Walker, Katy ^c   Hubbell, Bryan ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c Health Effects Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health impact assessment; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 82755177639     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103780     Document Type: Article

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