Ozone and cause-specific cardiorespiratory morbidity and mortality

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 814-820

  Halonen, Jaana I ^a   Lanki, Timo ^a   Tiittanen, Pekka ^a   Niemi, Jarkko V ^b   Loh, Miranda ^a   Pekkanen, Juha ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING POPULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PNEUMONIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; PNEUMONIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEASONS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

ETELA SUOMEN; FINLAND; HELSINKI;

EID: 77957278338     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.087106     Document Type: Article

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