An outbreak of cardiovascular syndromes requiring urgent medical treatment and its association with environmental factors: An ecological study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Turner, Robin M ^a   Muscatello, David J ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Willmore, Alan ^a   Arendts, Glenn ^b  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b St George Hospital and Community Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; THORAX PAIN; WEATHER; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SYNDROME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SYNDROME; WEATHER;

EID: 38649083090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-6-37     Document Type: Article

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