The impact of source contribution uncertainty on the effects of source-specific PM2.5 on hospital admissions: A case study in Boston, MA

Modern Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 365-371

  Kioumourtzoglou, Marianthi Anna ^a   Coull, Brent A ^a   Dominici, Francesca ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Suh, Helen ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency hospital admissions; fine particles; Medicare; source apportionment; uncertainty propagation

Indexed keywords

OIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMBUSTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA; UNITED STATES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; UNCERTAINTY; UTILIZATION;

BOSTON; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT ADMISSION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84903189777     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.7     Document Type: Article

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