Venous Thromboembolism in an Industrial North American City: Temporal Distribution and Association with Particulate Matter Air Pollution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Chiu, Holly H ^a   Whittaker, Peter ^b  

^a HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBURBAN AREA; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84880016453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068829     Document Type: Article

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