Ambient ozone exposure and children's acute asthma in New York City: A case-crossover analysis Children s Environmental Health

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sheffield, Perry Elizabeth ^a   Zhou, Jiang ^b   Shmool, Jessie Loving Carr ^b   Clougherty, Jane Ellen ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Case crossover; Children; Emergency department; Hospitalization; Ozone; Time series

Indexed keywords

OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT;

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORBIDITY; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WARMING; ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; NEW YORK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OZONE; RISK; SEASONS;

EID: 84925433287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0010-2     Document Type: Article

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