Emergency department visits and "vog"-related air quality in Hilo, Hawai'i

Environmental Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-19

  Michaud, Jon Pierre ^a   Grove, John Sinclair ^b   Krupitsky, Dmitry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

"Emergency department"; Air; Asthma; Vog; Volcano

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; INDOOR AIR;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLD; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FOG; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VOLCANIC ASH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; COMMON COLD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROENTERITIS; HAWAII; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 1842611744     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00122-1     Document Type: Article

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