A case-crossover study of ambient particulate matter and cardiovascular and respiratory medical encounters among us military personnel deployed to Southwest Asia

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 733-739

  Abraham, Joseph H ^a   Baird, Coleen P ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRAQ; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; QATAR; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA, WESTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862577930     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318253356c     Document Type: Article

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