Air pollution and general practitioner access and utilization: A population based study in Sarnia, 'Chemical Valley,' Ontario

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Oiamo, Tor H ^a   Luginaah, Isaac N ^a   Atari, Dominic O ^b   Gorey, Kevin M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH WORKER; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LAND USE CHANGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE; AIR POLLUTANT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SARNIA;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961161493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-71     Document Type: Article

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