Associations between source-specific fine particulate matter and emergency department visits for respiratory disease in four U.S. cities

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 97-103

  Krall, Jenna R ^a   Mulholland, James A ^b   Russell, Armistead G ^b   Balachandran, Sivaraman ^b,c   Winquist, Andrea ^a   Tolbert, Paige E ^a   Waller, Lance A ^a   Sarnat, Stefanie Ebelt ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; BREATHING DISORDER; CITY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANT; COAL; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; GASOLINE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; COAL; DUST; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 85008956963     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP271     Document Type: Article

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