An evaluation of transported pollution and respiratory-related hospital admissions in the state of New York

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-15

  Garcia, Valerie C ^a   Gego, Edith ^b   Lin, Shao ^c   Pantea, Cristian ^c   Rappazzo, Kristen ^d   Wootten, Adrienne ^e   Trivikrama Rao, S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b GEGO   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back trajectories; Health effects; Meteorology; Transported ozone

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255193421     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2011.002     Document Type: Article

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