Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular emergency department visits

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-56

  Metzger, Kristi Busico ^a   Tolbert, Paige E ^a   Klein, Mitchel ^a   Peel, Jennifer L ^a   Flanders, W Dana ^a   Todd, Knox ^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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; AGED; CITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542401160     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.EDE.0000101748.28283.97     Document Type: Article

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