Effects of air pollution on hospital emergency room visits for respiratory diseases: Urban-suburban differences in Eastern China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Peng ^a   Wang, Xining ^b   Fan, Jiayin ^c   Xiao, Wenxin ^a   Wang, Yan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Shandong Experimental High School   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Emergency room visits; Respiratory diseases; Urban suburban discrepancies

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBURBAN AREA; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SUBURBAN DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS; CHILD; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; JINAN [SHANDONG]; SHANDONG;

ADMITTING DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962605492     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13030341     Document Type: Article

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