Associations between ambient air pollution and daily emergency department attendances for cardiovascular disease in the elderly (65 + years), Sydney, Australia

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-237

  Jalaludin, Bin ^a,b   Morgan, Geoffrey ^c   Lincoln, Doug ^d   Sheppeard, Vicky ^e   Simpson, Rod ^f   Corbett, Stephen ^g  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^g Centre for Mental Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular disease; Elderly; Emergency department attendances; Generalised linear models; Time series

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; WEATHER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33646672647     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500451     Document Type: Article

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