Even Low Levels of Ambient Air Pollutants Are Associated With Increased Emergency Department Visits for Hypertension

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-366

  Szyszkowicz, Mieczysław ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^b   Brook, Robert D ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860917353     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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