Association between Air pollutants and asthma emergency room visits and hospital admissions in time series studies: A systematic review and meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Zheng, Xue Yan ^a   Ding, Hong ^a   Jiang, Li Na ^a   Chen, Shao Wei ^b   Zheng, Jin Ping ^b   Qiu, Min ^a   Zhou, Ying Xue ^a   Chen, Qing ^a   Guan, Wei Jie ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84946575494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138146     Document Type: Article

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