Is long-term exposure to traffic pollution associated with mortality? A small-area study in London

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages 25-32

  Halonen, Jaana I ^a   Blangiardo, Marta ^b   Toledano, Mireille B ^b   Fecht, Daniela ^b   Gulliver, John ^b   Ghosh, Rebecca ^b   Anderson, H Ross ^c   Beevers, Sean D ^c   Dajnak, David ^c   Kelly, Frank J ^c   Wilkinson, Paul ^a   Tonne, Cathryn ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Small area; Traffic pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

95% CREDIBLE INTERVALS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PIECE-WISE MODELS; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; SMALL AREA; TRAFFIC POLLUTION;

POLLUTION;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIMARY TRAFFIC POLLUTANT; RESPIRATORY MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC NOISE; TRAFFIC POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TOXICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84958912798     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.06.036     Document Type: Article

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