Urban air pollution and emergency room admissions for respiratory symptoms: A case-crossover study in Palermo, Italy

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tramuto, Fabio ^a   Cusimano, Rosanna ^a,b   Cerame, Giuseppe ^a   Vultaggio, Marcello ^c   Calamusa, Giuseppe ^a   Maida, Carmelo M ^a   Vitale, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ASP6 Palermo ^*  (Italy)

^c AMIA SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WIND; AIR POLLUTANT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLIMATE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ITALY; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLIMATE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SICILY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953874893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-31     Document Type: Article

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