Daily time series for cardiovascular hospital admissions and previous day's air pollution in London, UK

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 535-540

  Poloniecki, Jan D ^a   Atkinson, Richard W ^a   De Leon, Antonio Ponce ^a   Anderson, H Ross ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Air pollution; Carbon monoxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERIODICITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGINA;

EID: 0030869542     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.8.535     Document Type: Review

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