Traffic intensity, dwelling value, and hospital admissions for respiratory disease among the elderly in Montreal (Canada): A case-control analysis

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 507-512

  Smargiassi, Audrey ^a,b   Berrada, Khalid ^c   Fortier, Isabel ^d   Kosatsky, Tom ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b IRSPUM   (Canada)

^c Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^d Genome Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POVERTY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33744480554     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.037044     Document Type: Article

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