Short-term exposure to particulate matter constituents and mortality in a national study of U.S. urban communities

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1148-1153

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

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

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MODEL; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84884852295     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206185     Document Type: Article

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