The Impact on emergency department visits for respiratory illness during the southern California wildfires

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-84

  Dohrenwend, Paul B ^a,b   Le, Minh V ^a,b   Bush, Jeff A ^b   Thomas, Cyril F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FIRE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 84879121970     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.10.6917     Document Type: Article

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