Associations between ambient air pollution and daily mortality among elderly persons in Montreal, Quebec

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 931-942

  Goldberg, Mark S ^a,b   Burnett, Richard T ^c   Stieb, David M ^c   Brophy, James M ^a,b   Daskalopoulou, Stella S ^a   Valois, Marie France ^a,b   Brook, Jeffrey R ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Environmental Health Centre Ottawa   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambient air pollution; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes mellitus; Respiratory disease; Time series study

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS;

HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISKS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; PULMONARY DISEASES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THERMAL LOGGING; TIME SERIES;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TIME SERIES;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON;

AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CI; CO; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DF; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRIBUTED LAG NON-LINEAR MODELS; DLNM; ICD9; MEAN PERCENT CHANGE; MPC; NINTH REVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NO(2); O(3); OZONE; PARTICLES HAVING AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS OF 10ΜM OR UNDER AND 2.5ΜM OR UNDER, RESPECTIVELY; PM(10), PM(2.5); QAIC; QUASI-AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SO(2); SULFUR DIOXIDE; TAPERED ELEMENT OSCILLATING MICROBALANCE; TEOM; TIME SERIES STUDY;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; QUEBEC; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84880687642     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.095     Document Type: Article

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