Components of particulate air pollution and emergency department visits in Chile

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 148-155

  Cakmak, Sabit ^a   Dales, Robert E ^b   Gultekin, Timur ^c   Vidal, Claudia ^d   Farnendaz, Marcelo ^d   Rubio, Maria ^e   Oyola, Pedro ^f  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Metropolitana de Santiago Comisión Nacional Del Medio Ambiente ^*  (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^f Centro Mario Malina Santiago   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Elderly; Environment; Epidemiology; Infants; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BROMINE; CALCIUM; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILE; COMBUSTION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXHAUST GAS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MORBIDITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449087229     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338240903240228     Document Type: Article

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