Air pollution and hospitalization for headache in Chile

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1057-1066

  Dales, Robert E ^a   Cakmak, Sabit ^a   Vidal, Claudia Blanco ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environment; Headache

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHILE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN HEALTH;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349662171     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp217     Document Type: Article

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