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Risk of nonaccidental and cardiovascular mortality in relation to long-term exposure to low concentrations of fine particulate matter: A Canadian national-level cohort study [1]

Few cohort studies have evaluated the risk of mortality associated with long-term exposure to fine particulate matter [≤ 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5)]. This is the first national-level cohort study to investigate these risks in Canada. The authors investigated the association between long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and cardiovascular mortality in nonimmigrant Canadian adults.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
Dan L. Crouse [2], Paul A. Peters [3], Aaron van Donkelaar & et al [4]
Environmental Health Perspectives [5]
120
5
708-714
Tags:
PM 2.5 [6], Health Effects [7], Heart Diseases [8], Canada [9], Air Pollution [10]
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/canada
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