Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests and Outdoor Air Pollution Exposure in Copenhagen, Denmark

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wichmann, Janine ^a   Folke, Fredrik ^b   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^b   Lippert, Freddy ^c   Ketzel, Matthias ^d   Ellermann, Thomas ^d   Loft, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Emergency Medical Services   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; DENMARK; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872345970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053684     Document Type: Article

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