Acute bronchitis and volcanic air pollution: A community-based cohort study at Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i, USA

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 1565-1571

  Longo, Bernadette M ^a   Yang, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VOLCANO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; BRONCHITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 53849141871     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390802414117     Document Type: Article

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