Hormesis for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5)

Dose-Response

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-218

  Cox, Louis Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution health effects; Clean Air Act; Hormesis; PM2.5; Riskcost benefit analysis; Uncertainty analysis; Weibull uncertainty distribution

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; BAYES THEOREM; BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPOSURE; HORMESIS; HUMAN; LAW; LUNG TUMOR; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVIEW; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE;

EID: 84863096129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.11-040.Cox     Document Type: Review

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