Spatiotemporally resolved air exchange rate as a modifier of acute air pollution-related morbidity in Atlanta

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 606-615

  Sarnat, Jeremy A ^a   Sarnat, Stefanie Ebelt ^a   Flanders, W Dana ^a   Chang, Howard H ^a   Mulholland, James ^b   Baxter, Lisa ^c   Isakov, Vlad ^c   Özkaynak, Halûk ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

criteria pollutants; epidemiology; exposure modeling; particulate matter; population based studies

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEORGIA; HUMANS;

EID: 84886727798     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.32     Document Type: Article

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