Air pollution and mortality in New Zealand: Cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 468-473

  Hales, Simon ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a   Woodward, Alistair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CENSUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH IMPACT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICLE SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICLE SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84861189898     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.112490     Document Type: Article

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