Air pollution and emergency admissions in Boston, MA

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 890-895

  Zanobetti, Antonella ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BOSTON; CARBON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PNEUMONIA;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749248202     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.039834     Document Type: Article

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