Air pollution and hospitalization for epilepsy in Chile

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 501-505

  Cakmak, Sabit ^a,b   Dales, Robert E ^a,c   Vidal, Claudia Blanco ^d  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Area Descontaminacion Atmosferica   (Chile)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environment; Epidemiology; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; NEUROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENT; EPILEPSY; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; GENERAL POPULATION; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CHILE;

EID: 77953525414     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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