Including viral infection data supports an association between particulate pollution and respiratory admissions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Fukuda, Kyoko ^a   Hider, Phil N ^b   Epton, Michael J ^c   Jennings, Lance C ^b   Kingham, Simon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate; GAMs; Outbreak; Virology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959884535     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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