Air pollution and hospital admissions for myocardial infarction in a tropical city: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1135-1140

  Cheng, Ming Fen ^a,b   Tsai, Shang Shyue ^c   Yang, Chun Yuh ^a,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; TROPICS; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 75149134251     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903091756     Document Type: Article

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