Childhood asthma acute primary care visits, traffic, and traffic-related pollutants

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 561-567

  Sinclair, Amber H ^a   Melly, Steven ^b   Tolsma, Dennis ^a   Spengler, John ^b   Perkins, Lauren ^a   Rohr, Annette ^c   Wyzga, Ronald ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; EMERGENCY ROOMS; VEHICLES;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; GENERAL LINEAR MODELING; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC MEASURES; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION; TRAFFIC-RELATED POLLUTANTS;

DISEASES;

ZINC;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXHAUST GAS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GEORGIA; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84900345808     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2013.873093     Document Type: Article

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