Is ambient PM2.5 sulfate harmful? Schwartz and Lepeule respond

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Schwartz, Joel ^a   Lepeule, Johanna ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBON; IRON; METAL OXIDE; SULFATE;

AMBIENT AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

EID: 84870520726     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205873R     Document Type: Letter

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