Associations between long-term exposure to chemical constituents of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and mortality in medicare enrollees in the eastern United States

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 467-474

  Chung, Yeonseung ^a   Dominici, Francesca ^b   Wang, Yun ^b   Coull, Brent A ^b   Bell, Michelle L ^c  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951278420     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307549     Document Type: Article

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