A systematic review of air pollution and incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-43

  Teng, Tiew Hwa Katherine ^a,b   Williams, Teresa A ^a,c,d   Bremner, Alexandra ^a   Tohira, Hideo ^c   Franklin, Peter ^a   Tonkin, Andrew ^e   Jacobs, Ian ^a,c,d   Finn, Judith ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ST JOHN AMBULANCE WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATABASE; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION; HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY;

AIR POLLUTION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84890310926     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203116     Document Type: Article

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