A case-crossover study of fine particulate matter air pollution and onset of congestive heart failure symptom exacerbation leading to hospitalization

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-433

  Symons, J M ^a   Wang, L ^a   Guallar, E ^a   Howell, E ^b   Dominici, F ^a   Schwab, M ^a   Ange, B A ^a   Samet, J ^a   Ondov, J ^c   Harrison, D ^c   Geyh, Alison ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Disease susceptibility; Dyspnea; Environmental exposure; Heart failure, congestive; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DUST; DYSPNEA; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICS; TIME;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; BALTIMORE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUST; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 33749079391     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj206     Document Type: Article

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