Ambient air pollution and respiratory emergency department visits

Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-174

  Peel, Jennifer L ^a,d   Tolbert, Paige E ^a   Klein, Mitchel ^a   Metzger, Kristi Busico ^a   Flanders, W Dana ^a   Todd, Knox ^a,b   Mulholland, James A ^c   Ryan, P Barry ^a   Frumkin, Howard ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GASES; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 14644388730     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000152905.42113.db     Document Type: Article

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