Acute health effects associated with exposure to volcanic air pollution (VOG) from increased activity at kilauea volcano in 2008

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

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1370-1381

  Longo, Bernadette M ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Green, Joshua B ^b   Crosby, Frederick L ^c   Crosby, Vickie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Ka'u Hospital   (United States)

^c Ocean View Family Health Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 77956455658     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2010.497440     Document Type: Article

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