Short-Term Effects of Coarse Particulate Matter on Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular Diseases: A Case-Crossover Study in a Tropical City

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 1241-1253

  Chen, Ying Chen ^a   Weng, Yi Hao ^b   Chiu, Ya Wen ^c   Yang, Chun Yuh ^a,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84947032913     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2015.1083520     Document Type: Article

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