Access rate to the emergency department for venous thromboembolism in relationship with coarse and fine particulate matter air pollution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Martinelli, Nicola ^a   Girelli, Domenico ^a   Cigolini, Davide ^a   Sandri, Marco ^a   Ricci, Giorgio ^b   Rocca, Giampaolo ^b   Olivieri, Oliviero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AND HOSPITAL TRUST OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COARSE PARTICULATE MATTER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGED; CHEMISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84859583482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034831     Document Type: Article

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