A class of non-linear exposure-response models suitable for health impact assessment applicable to large cohort studies of ambient air pollution

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 961-972

  Nasari, Masoud M ^a   Szyszkowicz, Mieczysław ^a   Chen, Hong ^b   Crouse, Daniel ^a   Turner, Michelle C ^c,d,e,f   Jerrett, Michael ^g   Pope, C Arden ^h   Hubbell, Bryan ⁱ   Fann, Neal ⁱ   Cohen, Aaron ^j   Gapstur, Susan M ^k   Diver, W Ryan ^k   Stieb, David ^a   Forouzanfar, Mohammad H ^l   Kim, Sun Young ^m   Olives, Casey ⁿ   Krewski, Daniel ^c   Burnett, Richard T ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^j Health Effects Institute   (United States)

^k AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^l Institute for Heath Metrics and Evaluation   (United States)

^m Seoul National University   (South Korea)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Air pollution; Cohort; Exposure; Mortality; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959464283     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-016-0398-z     Document Type: Article

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