Chronic effects of air pollution are probably Overestimated

Risk Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 766-769

  Boffetta, Paolo ^a   Vecchia, Carlo La ^b   Moolgavkar, Suresh ^c,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CHRONIC EFFECTS; HEALTH EFFECTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS;

EID: 84931571575     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12320     Document Type: Article

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