Acute exposure to fine and coarse particulate matter and infant mortality in Tokyo, Japan (2002-2013)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 551-552, Issue , 2016, Pages 66-72

  Yorifuji, Takashi ^a   Kashima, Saori ^b   Doi, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Epidemiology; Infant mortality; Neonatal mortality; Particulate matter; Postneonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; COARSE PARTICULATE MATTER; CONDITIONAL LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; INFANT MORTALITY; NEONATAL MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TOKYO;

EID: 84957824406     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.211     Document Type: Article

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