Winter temperature inversions and emergency department visits for asthma in Salt Lake County, Utah, 2003-2008

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1385-1390

  Beard, John D ^a   Beck, Celeste ^b   Graham, Randall ^c   Packham, Steven C ^d   Traphagan, Monica ^c   Giles, Rebecca T ^b   Morgan, John G ^b  

^a Environmental Epidemiology Program   (United States)

^b UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NOAA/National Weather Service   (United States)

^d Utah Division of Air Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Case crossover; Emergency department; Interaction; Inversion; Winter

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MONITOR; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEW; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WINTER TEMPERATURE INVERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODDS RATIO; SEASONS; UTAH; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867189031     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104349     Document Type: Article

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