Ozone is associated with cardiopulmonary and stroke emergency hospital visits in Reykjavík, Iceland 2003-2009

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Carlsen, Hanne Krage ^a,b,c   Forsberg, Bertil ^b   Meister, Kadri ^a,d   Gíslason, Thorarinn ^a,d   Oudin, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiac; Cardiopulmonary; Cardiovascular; Emergency room visits; Hospital admissions; Stroke

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CAPITAL CITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STROKE; TIME SERIES; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-10; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

ICELAND; REYKJAVIK;

EID: 84876910944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-28     Document Type: Article

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