Association between particulate air pollution and first hospital admission for childhood respiratory illness in Vancouver, Canada

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-21

  Yang, Qiuying ^a   Chen, Yue ^a   Krewski, Daniel ^a   Shi, Yuanli ^a   Burnett, Richard T ^b   Mcgrail, Kimberlyn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Children; Particulate matter; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 22844442830     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.1.14-21     Document Type: Article

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