Outdoor air pollution and emergency department visits for asthma among children and adults: A case-crossover study in northern Alberta, Canada

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Villeneuve, Paul J ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^b   Coates, Frances ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Aerobiology Research Laboratories   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; OZONE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; AIR POLLUTANT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALBERTA; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; SEASONS;

EID: 40149099163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-6-40     Document Type: Article

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