The role of particulate size and chemistry in the association between summertime ambient air pollution and hospitalization for cardiorespiratory diseases

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 614-620

  Burnett, Richard T ^a   Cakmak, Sabit ^a   Brook, Jeffrey R ^b   Krewski, Daniel ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Heart disease; Ozone; Particulate matter; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

EID: 0030882717     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105614     Document Type: Article

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