Air pollution and daily hospital admissions in Metropolitan Los Angeles

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 427-434

  Linn, William S ^a,b   Szlachcic, Yaga ^a,b   Henry Jr , Gong ^a,b   Kinney, Patrick L ^c   Berhane, Kiros T ^b  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Carbon monoxide; Epidemiology; Los Angeles; Morbidity; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TIME; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WINTER;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0033948622     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108427     Document Type: Article

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