Short-term associations between fine and coarse particles and hospital admissions for cardiorespiratory diseases in six French cities

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 544-551

  Host, Sabine ^a,d   Larrieu, S ^b   Pascal, L ^b   Blanchard, M ^b   Declercq, C ^c   Fabre, P ^b   Jusot, J F ^b   Chardon, B ^a,b,c,d   Le Tertre, A ^b   Wagner, V ^b   Prouvost, H ^c   Lefranc, A ^b  

^a Observ Regl de la S Ile de France   (France)

^b National Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^c Regional Health Observatory   (France)

^d ORS Observatoire Régional de Santé D'lle de France   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 48949089858     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.036194     Document Type: Article

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