Ambient ozone and emergency department visits for skin conditions

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-309

  Szyszkowicz, Mieczyslaw ^a   Porada, Eugeniusz ^a   Searles, Gordon ^b   Rowe, Brian H ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conjunctivitis; Dermatitis; Eczema urticaria; Emergency department; Ozone; Skin rash

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OZONE; SKIN;

ALBERTA; CANADA; EDMONTON;

EID: 84865581915     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-010-0092-5     Document Type: Article

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