Spatiotemporal analysis of air pollution and asthma patient visits in Taipei, Taiwan

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chan, Ta Chien ^a,b,c,d   Chen, Mei Lien ^c   Lin, I Feng ^c   Lee, Cheng Hua ^c,e   Chiang, Po Huang ^d   Wang, Da Wei ^c,f   Chuang, Jen Hsiang ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^f INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; KRIGING; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 67651235520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-8-26     Document Type: Article

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