Air pollution and hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease in detroit, Michigan

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 23-35

  Schwartz, Joel ^a   Morris, Robert ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; ; Air pollution; ; Carbon monoxide; ; Heart diseases; ; Hospitalization; ; Weather.

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINEAR MODELS; MICHIGAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEASONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WEATHER;

EID: 0029060016     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117541     Document Type: Article

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