Association between long-term exposure to air pollution and specific causes of mortality in Scotland

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 916-924

  Yap, Christina ^a,i   Beverland, Iain J ^a   Heal, Mathew R ^b   Cohen, Geoffrey R ^c   Robertson, Chris ^a,d,e   Henderson, Deborah E J ^a   Ferguson, Neil S ^a   Hart, Carole L ^f   Morris, George ^d,g   Agius, Raymond M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Strathclyde ^*

^d HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SCOTLAND; SMOKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870059576     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100600     Document Type: Article

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