Surveillance of acute health effects of air pollution in Mexico City

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 536-544

  Sánchez Carrillo, Constanza I ^a,b   Cerón Mireles, Prudencia ^a,b,d   Rojas Martínez, María Rosalba ^a,b   Mendoza Alvarado, Laura ^a,b   Olaiz Fernández, Gustavo ^a,b   Borja Aburto, Víctor H ^a,c  

^a Direccion General de Salud Ambiental   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Respiratory morbidity; Surveillance systems

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DECISION MAKING; DRY NOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EYE BURNING; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INTERVIEW; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OCULAR PRURITUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; SORE THROAT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0642365963     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000081801.90352.bf     Document Type: Article

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