Is the relation between ozone and mortality confounded by chemical components of particulate matter? Analysis of 7 components in 57 US communities

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 726-732

  Anderson, G Brooke ^a   Krall, Jenna R ^a   Peng, Roger D ^a   Bell, Michelle L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; confounding factors; mortality; ozone; particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; SILICON; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OZONE DEPLETION; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; CARBON; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEATH CERTIFICATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; NITRATES; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFATES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867724776     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws188     Document Type: Article

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