Urban air pollution, and asthma and COPD hospital emergency room visits

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 635-641

  Halonen, J I ^a   Lanki, T ^a,b   Yli Tuomi, T ^a   Kulmala, M ^c   Tiittanen, P ^a   Pekkanen, J ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FINLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 47049125369     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.091371     Document Type: Article

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