The effect of primary organic particles on emergency hospital admissions among the elderly in 3 US cities

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kioumourtzoglou, Marianthi Anna ^a   Zanobetti, Antonella ^a   Schwartz, Joel D ^a   Coull, Brent A ^a   Dominici, Francesca ^a   Suh, Helen H ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency hospital admissions; Fine particles; Medicare; Primary organic particles

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMBUSTION; DATA ACQUISITION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

AGING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEORGIA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY;

ALABAMA; ATLANTA; BIRMINGHAM [ALABAMA]; DALLAS; GEORGIA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALABAMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEORGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TEXAS;

EID: 84883584188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-68     Document Type: Article

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