Air pollution and daily ED visits for migraine and headache in Edmonton, Canada

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-396

  Szyszkowicz, Mieczyslaw ^a   Stieb, David M ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^b  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALBERTA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 65149086828     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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