Evaluating the impact of air pollution on the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Perth Metropolitan Region: 2000-2010

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-12

  Straney, Lahn ^a   Finn, Judith ^a,b,c   Dennekamp, Martine ^a   Bremner, Alexandra ^d   Tonkin, Andrew ^a   Jacobs, Ian ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ST JOHN AMBULANCE WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; METROPOLITAN AREA; MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PERTH [ONTARIO]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBULANCES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84890316431     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202955     Document Type: Article

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