The Air Quality Health Index and Emergency Department Visits for Otitis Media

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 163-171

  Kousha, Termeh ^a   Castner, Jessica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air Quality Health Index; Children; Emergency department; Odds ratio; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ONTARIO; OTITIS MEDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ONTARIO; OTITIS MEDIA; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84960812619     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12195     Document Type: Article

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