An association between air pollution and mortality in six U.S. cities

General Info

Geography

United States of America (USA)

Time period covered

January, 1974 - December, 1991

Data type

Scientific literature

Keywords

Stroke, Ischemic heart disease, COPD, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers, Urban ambient air pollution

Citation

Authors

Dockery DW, Pope CA, Xu X, Spengler JD, Ware JH, Fay ME, Ferris BG, Speizer FE

Journal

N Engl J Med

Pages

1753-9

Publication year

1993

Suggested citation

Dockery DW, Pope CA, Xu X, Spengler JD, Ware JH, Fay ME, Ferris BG, Speizer FE. An association between air pollution and mortality in six U.S. cities. N Engl J Med. 1993; 329(24): 1753-9.