Does air pollution confound studies of temperature?

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 242-245

  Buckley, Jessie P ^a   Samet, Jonathan M ^b   Richardson, David B ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAT; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84894224095     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000051     Document Type: Note

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