Estimated effects of Asian dust storms on spatiotemporal distributions of clinic visits for respiratory diseases in Taipei children (Taiwan)

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1215-1220

  Chien, Lung Chang ^a   Yang, Chiang Hsing ^b   Yu, Hwa Lung ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian dust storm; Children's clinic visit; Respiratory disease; Spatiotemporal analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN;

CHILD; DUST; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84864399694     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104417     Document Type: Article

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