A case-crossover analysis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and air pollution

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1192-1199

  Ensor, Katherine B ^a   Raun, Loren H ^a,b   Persse, David ^c  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b City of Houston Health and Human Services   (United States)

^c Houston Fire Dep   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heart arrest; Ozone; Particulates; Pollution; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE STUDY; CAUCASIAN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875219689     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.000027     Document Type: Article

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