Air pollution and hospital admissions for heart disease in eight U.S. Counties

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-22

  Schwartz, Joel ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; CO; Heart disease; Hospital admissions; PM10

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 0032903964     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199901000-00005     Document Type: Article

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