The relationship between daily cardiovascular mortality and daily ambient concentrations of particulate pollutants (sulfur, arsenic, selenium, and mercury) and daily source contributions from coal power plants and smelters (individually, combined, and with interaction) in Phoenix, AZ, 1995–1998: A multipollutant approach to acute, time-series air pollution epidemiology: I

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 599-610

  Wilson, William E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COVARIANCE MATRIX; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RISK PERCEPTION; SELENIUM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; PARTICULATE MERCURY; PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL MODELING;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SULFATE; AIR POLLUTANT; COAL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COAL POWER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMELTER; TEMPERATURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARIZONA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942606788     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2015.1033067     Document Type: Article

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