An Association between Air Pollution and Daily Outpatient Visits for Respiratory Disease in a Heavy Industry Area

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Kuo Ying ^a   Chau, Tang Tat ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Landseed Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886413921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075220     Document Type: Article

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