Airborne particles are a risk factor for hospital admissions for heart and lung disease

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1071-1077

  Zanobetti, Antonella ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Dockery, Douglas W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Distributed lag; Hierarchical model; Hospital admissions; Meta analysis; Meta regression

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MINORITY GROUP; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033675055     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.001081071     Document Type: Article

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