Acute effect of fine particulate matter on mortality in three Southeastern states from 2007-2011

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 173-179

  Lee, Mihye ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a   Coull, Brent ^a   Kloog, Itai ^b   Schwartz, Joel ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

case crossover study; criteria pollutants; epidemiology; exposure modeling; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 84958646402     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2015.47     Document Type: Article

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