Particulate air pollution and hospital admissions for congestive heart failure in seven United States cities

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 404-408

  Wellenius, Gregory A ^a,b   Schwartz, Joel ^b   Mittleman, Murray A ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 31144452963     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.08.061     Document Type: Article

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