Association of ozone and particulate air pollution with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Helsinki, Finland: Evidence for two different etiologies

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-288

  Rosenthal, Frank S ^a   Kuisma, Markku ^b   Lanki, Timo ^c   Hussein, Tareq ^d,e   Boyd, James ^b   Halonen, Jaana I ^c,f   Pekkanen, Juha ^c,g  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; case crossover; Helsinki; myocardial infarction; ozone; particulate

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; FINLAND; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; FINLAND; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OZONE;

EID: 84876779413     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.121     Document Type: Article

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