Air Pollution and Emergency Department Visits for Hypertension in Edmonton and Calgary, Canada: A Case-Crossover Study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1121-1126

  Brook, Robert D ^a   Kousha, Termeh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

air pollution; Alberta; blood pressure; case crossover; emergency department visit; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COLD CLIMATE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALBERTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AIR POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALBERTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940728164     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpu302     Document Type: Article

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