Association between ozone and asthma emergency department visits in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1354-1360

  Stieb, David M ^a   Burnett, Richard T ^a   Beveridge, Robert C ^b   Brook, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Region 2 Hospital Corporation   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Emergency department; Ozone

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 0030499134     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.961041354     Document Type: Article

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