Cool and dry weather enhances the effects of air pollution on emergency IHD hospital admissions

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 500-505

  Qiu, Hong ^a   Yu, Ignatius Tak Sun ^a   Wang, Xiaorong ^a   Tian, Linwei ^a   Tse, Lap Ah ^a   Wong, Tze Wai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Emergency hospital admissions; Ischemic heart disease; Modification; Weather factors

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOL WEATHER; DRY WEATHER; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTION; EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; ERR; EXCESS RELATIVE RISK; ICD-9; IHD; INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, 9TH REVISION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LAG(0N); MODIFICATION; N-DAY MOVING AVERAGE OF CURRENT DAY TO PREVIOUS N DAYS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NO(2); O(3); OZONE; PACF; PARTIAL AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION; PARTICLES WITH AN AERODYNAMIC DIAMETER LESS THAN 10ΜM; PM(10); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RH; SO(2); SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEATHER FACTORS;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION; COLD TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 84883752675     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.199     Document Type: Article

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