Health effects of outdoor air pollution: Approach to counseling patients using the air quality health index;Effets de la pollution de l'air sur la santé: Une approche pour conseiller les patients à l'aide de la cote air santé

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Abelsohn, Alan R ^a,b   Stieb, Dave M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY HEALTH INDEX; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INFLAMMATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE LABOR; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80051763714     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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