Air pollution and daily emergency department visits for depression

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-362

  Szyszkowicz, Mieczyslaw ^a   Rowe, Brian ^b   Colman, Ian ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; City; Cluster; Depression; Emergency department; Generalized linear mixed model; Relative humidity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77749234237     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-009-0031-6     Document Type: Article

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