Particulate air pollution, exceptional aging, and rates of centenarians: A nationwide analysis of the United States, 1980-2010

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1744-1750

  Baccarelli, Andrea A ^a   Hales, Nick ^b   Burnett, Richard T ^c   Jerrett, Michael ^d   Mix, Carter ^b   Dockery, Douglas W ^a   Pope, C Arden ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994378277     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP197     Document Type: Article

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