Carbon monoxide epidemic among immigrant populations: King County, Washington, 2006

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1687-1692

  Gulati, Reena K ^a   Kwan Gett, Tao ^b   Hampson, Neil B ^b   Baer, Atar ^b   Shusterman, Dennis ^b   Shandro, Jamie R ^b   Duchin, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHARCOAL; FUEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049101174     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.143222     Document Type: Article

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