Health risk of air pollution on people living with major chronic diseases: A Canadian population-based study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  To, Teresa ^a,b,c   Feldman, Laura ^a,b   Simatovic, Jacqueline ^a   Gershon, Andrea S ^a,b,c,d   Dell, Sharon ^a,b   Su, Jiandong ^c   Foty, Richard ^a,b   Licskai, Christopher ^e,f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; SOCIAL STATUS; TEMPERATURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TOXICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947758925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009075     Document Type: Article

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