Emergency hospital admissions for respiratory disorders attributable to summer time ozone episodes, in Great Britain

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 958-963

  Stedman, John R ^a   Anderson, H Ross ^b   Atkinson, Richard W ^b   Maynard, Robert L ^c  

^a RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Skipton House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air pollution mapping; Health impact; Ozone; Respiratory admissions; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030780192     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.11.958     Document Type: Article

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