Air pollution and emergency department visits for cardiac and respiratory conditions: A multi-city time-series analysis

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Stieb, David M ^a,b   Szyszkowicz, Mieczyslaw ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^c   Leech, Judith A ^a,d  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER; AIR POLLUTION; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 68149170661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-25     Document Type: Article

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