Cardiovascular health, traffic-related air pollution and noise: Are associations mutually confounded? A systematic review

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 649-666

  Tétreault, Louis François ^a   Perron, Stéphane ^a,b   Smargiassi, Audrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular; Confounding; Noise

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; NOISE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84885435528     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0489-7     Document Type: Review

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