Emergency department visits for asthma in relation to the Air Quality Health Index: A case-crossover study in Windsor, Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2014, Pages e336-e341

  Szyszkowicz, Mieczysław ^a   Kousha, Termeh ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality health index; Asthma; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ASTHMA; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ONTARIO; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908406749     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.105.4539     Document Type: Article

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