Air pollution and hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Hong Kong

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 679-683

  Wong, Tze Wai ^a   Lau, Tai Shing ^a   Yu, Tak Sun ^b   Neller, Anne ^b   Wong, Siu Lan ^b   Tam, Wilson ^b   Pang, Sik Wing ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Chinese University of Hong Kong ^*

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular diseases; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032859590     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.10.679     Document Type: Article

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