Impact of the 1998 Gobi dust event on hospital admissions in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 918-925

  Bennett, C M ^a   McKendry, I G ^b   Kelly, S ^c   Denike, K ^b   Koch, T ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ANTHROPOGENICS; HOSPITALIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION EVENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS;

DUST;

DUST STORM; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DESERT; DUST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DUST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

ASIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FRASER VALLEY; GOBI DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745806923     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.12.025     Document Type: Article

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