Air pollution events from forest fires and emergency department attendances in Sydney, Australia 1996-2007: A case-crossover analysis

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Johnston, Fay H ^a   Purdie, Stuart ^b   Jalaludin, Bin ^c,d   Martin, Kara L ^e,f   Henderson, Sarah B ^g   Morgan, Geoffrey G ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NSW Ministry of Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

^e CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g British Colombia Centre for Disease Control   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

ⁱ Northern New South Wales Local Health District   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular; Case crossover; Emergency departments attendances; Forest fires; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOREST FIRE; HEALTH RISK; INFLUENZA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FIRE; FOREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT ATTENDANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965187319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-105     Document Type: Review

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