Particulate air pollution and cardiorespiratory hospital admissions in a temperate Australian city: A case-crossover analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-52

  Hansen, Alana ^a   Bi, Peng ^a   Nitschke, Monika ^b   Pisaniello, Dino ^a   Ryan, Philip ^a   Sullivan, Thomas ^a   Barnett, Adrian G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular disease; Case crossover design; Hospital admissions; Morbidity; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ADELAIDE; AIR QUALITY DATA; AIRBORNE DUSTS; AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; COVARIATES; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; LOW LEVEL; MORBIDITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HOLIDAYS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WARM SEASONS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84856225599     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.027     Document Type: Article

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