Multiple exposures to airborne pollutants and hospital admissions due to diseases of the circulatory system in Santiago de Chile

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 746-756

  Franck, Ulrich ^a   Leitte, Arne Marian ^a   Suppan, Peter ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne pollutants; Cardiovascular health effects; Hospital admissions; Multiple exposures

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; HOSPITALS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH EFFECTS; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MULTIPLE EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA];

AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH EFFECTS; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; MULTIPLE EXPOSURES;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NITRIC OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 84884387775     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.088     Document Type: Article

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