A retrospective investigation of PM10 in ambient air and cardiopulmonary hospital admissions in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania: 1995-2000

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-47

  Arena, Vincent C ^a   Mazumdar, Sati ^a   Zborowski, Jeanne V ^a   Talbott, Evelyn O ^a   He, Shui ^a   Chuang, Ya Hsiu ^a   Schwerha, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WEATHER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PENNSYLVANIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 33644847792     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000183096.20678.f1     Document Type: Article

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