Chemical Composition of Fine Particulate Matter and Life Expectancy: In 95 US Counties between 2002 and 2007

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 556-564

  Dominici, Francesca ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Correia, Andrew W ^b   Ezzati, Majid ^c   Pope, C Arden ^d   Dockery, Douglas W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NMR Group Inc ^*  (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SODIUM; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; AIR POLLUTANT; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SILICON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR MODELS; NITRATES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938737667     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000297     Document Type: Article

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