Long-term exposure to ambient ultrafine particles and respiratory disease incidence in in Toronto, Canada: A cohort study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Weichenthal, Scott ^a,b   Bai, Li ^c,d   Hatzopoulou, Marianne ^e   Van Ryswyk, Keith ^b   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^c,d,f   Jerrett, Michael ^g   Van Donkelaar, Aaron ^h   Martin, Randall V ^h,i   Burnett, Richard T ^b   Lu, Hong ^d   Chen, Hong ^c,d,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cohort study; Copd; Lung cancer; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ONTARIO; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 85020932165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-017-0276-7     Document Type: Article

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