Impact of air pollution on hospital admissions in Southwestern Ontario, Canada: Generating hypotheses in sentinel high-exposure places

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Fung, Karen Y ^a,b   Luginaah, Isaac N ^c   Gorey, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34447623067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-6-18     Document Type: Article

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