Temperature, air pollution, and hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases among elderly people in Denver

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1312-1317

  Koken, Petra J M ^a   Piver, Warren T ^a   Ye, Frank ^a   Elixhauser, Anne ^b   Olsen, Lola M ^c   Portier, Christopher J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Air pollution; Cardiac dysrhythmias; Cardiovascular diseases; CO; Congestive heart failure; Coronary atherosclerosis; Generalized estimating equations; NO2; O3; PM10; Poisson regression; Pulmonary heart disease SO2; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GAS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL POLLUTION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041472744     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5957     Document Type: Article

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