Open AccessMortality Risk Associated with Short-Term Exposure to Traffic Particles and Sulfates
Author(s) -
Dan Maynard,
Brent A. Coull,
Alexandros Gryparis,
Joel Schwartz
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9537
Subject(s) - confidence interval , medicine , poison control , environmental health , cause of death , demography , disease , sociology
Many studies have shown that airborne particles are associated with increased risk of death, but attention has more recently focused on the differential toxicity of particles from different sources. Geographic information system (GIS) approaches have recently been used to improve exposure assessment, particularly for traffic particles, but only for long-term exposure.
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