Asian dust and daily emergency ambulance calls among elderly people in Japan

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1277-1283

  Kashima, Saori ^a   Yorifuji, Takashi ^b   Suzuki, Etsuji ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBULANCE; AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DUST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84918574501     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000334     Document Type: Article

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