Titre :
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Particulate air pollution and mortality in the United States : Did the risks change from 1987 to 2000 ? Authors'reply and Commentary. (2007)
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Auteurs :
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TOLBERT (Paige-E) : USA. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. Rollins School of Public Health. Emory University. Atlanta. GA. ;
Francesca DOMINICI ;
Roger-D PENG ;
Jonathan-M SAMET ;
Ronald-H White ;
Scott-L ZEGER
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of epidemiology (vol. 166, n° 8, 2007)
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Pagination :
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880-893
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Pollution atmosphérique
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Santé environnementale
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Mortalité
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Epidémiologie
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Facteur risque
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Risque
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Changement
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Population
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Surveillance
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Homme
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Amérique
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 0R0xLg7z. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Evaluation of the public health impact of air quality regulations, referred to as accountability research, is increasingly viewed as a necessary component of responsible governmental policy interventions. The authors present an example of accountability assessment based on evaluating change in the short-term effect of airborne particles over a period of increasingly stringent regulation that might have changed the chemical composition and toxicity of these particles. They used updated data and methods of the National Morbidity Mortality Air Pollution Study to estimate national average relative rates of the effects of particulate matter
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