Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and primary cardiac arrest among persons with and without clinically recognized heart disease

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 501-509

  Sullivan, Jeffrey ^a   Ishikawa, N ^a   Sheppard, L ^a   Siscovick, D ^a,b   Checkoway, H ^a   Kaufman, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Air pollution; Environmental exposure; Heart arrest; Heart diseases

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WASHINGTON;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037443659     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg015     Document Type: Article

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