Urban ambient particle metrics and health: A time-series analysis

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-511

  Atkinson, Richard W ^a   Fuller, Gary W ^b   Anderson, H Ross ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^c   Armstrong, Ben ^d  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLORIDE; NITRATE; SULFATE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENGLAND; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONDON; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77953961772     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181debc88     Document Type: Article

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