Associations between health and air pollution in time-series analyses

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 359-367

  Goldsmith, John R ^a   Friger, Michael D ^b   Abramson, Michael ^c  

^a Department of Epidemiology ^*  (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URBAN HEALTH; WEATHER;

EID: 0029858780     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1996.9934423     Document Type: Article

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