Risk estimates of mortality attributed to low concentrations of ambient fine particulate matter in the Canadian community health survey cohort

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Pinault, Lauren ^a   Tjepkema, Michael ^a   Crouse, Daniel L ^b   Weichenthal, Scott ^c   Van Donkelaar, Aaron ^d   Martin, Randall V ^d,e   Brauer, Michael ^f   Chen, Hong ^g   Burnett, Richard T ^c  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular mortality; Fine particulate matter; PM2.5; Respiratory mortality

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTUAL DATABASE; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

CANADA;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84957811525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0111-6     Document Type: Article

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