Airborne pollen concentrations and emergency room visits for myocardial infarction: A multicity case-crossover study in Ontario, Canada

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 613-621

  Weichenthal, Scott ^a,b   Lavigne, Eric ^a,c   Villeneuve, Paul J ^d   Reeves, François ^e  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Hopital de la Cite de la Sante   (Canada)

Author keywords

airborne pollen; case crossover studies; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLLEN ANTIGEN; ALLERGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLEN; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPORE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONTARIO; POLLEN; URBAN AREA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONTARIO; POLLEN;

EID: 84964636357     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv252     Document Type: Article

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