Urban greenness and mortality in Canada's largest cities: a national cohort study

The Lancet Planetary Health

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2017, Pages e289-e297

  Crouse, Dan L ^a   Pinault, Lauren ^b   Balram, Adele ^a   Hystad, Perry ^c   Peters, Paul A ^a,j   Chen, Hong ^d,e,f   van Donkelaar, Aaron ^g   Martin, Randall V ^g,h   Ménard, Richard ⁱ   Robichaud, Alain ⁱ   Villeneuve, Paul J ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

ⁱ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^j CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANADIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK REDUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEX; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TAX; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042769578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25425196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(17)30118-3     Document Type: Article

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