Multivariate analysis of respiratory problems and their connection with meteorological parameters and the main biological and chemical air pollutants

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 4152-4159

  Matyasovszky, István ^a   Makra, László ^b   Bálint, Beatrix ^c   Guba, Zoltán ^b   Sümeghy, Zoltán ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c Thorax Surgery Hospital Csongrád County   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cluster analysis; Factor analysis including a special transformation; Respiratory hospital admissions; Time varying multivariate linear regression

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR PRESSURES; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS INCLUDING A SPECIAL TRANSFORMATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; HUNGARY; JOINT EFFECT; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; POLLEN GRAINS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RESPIRATORY DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS; SOLAR FLUX; TIME VARYING; WIND SPEED;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HOSPITALS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; WIND EFFECTS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LINEARITY; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLEN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; WIND VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED POLLEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

FEJER; HUNGARY; SZEGED;

AMBROSIA;

EID: 79959758268     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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