The effect of sandstorms and air pollution on cause-specific hospital admissions in Taipei, Taiwan

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-111

  Bell, M L ^a   Levy, J K ^b   Lin, Z ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WEATHER;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CARBON MONOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH; WEATHER;

EID: 38949109417     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.031500     Document Type: Article

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