Ambient air quality and spatio-temporal patterns of cardiovascular emergency department visits

Ambient air quality and spatio-temporal patterns of cardiovascular emergency department visits

Abstract Background Air pollutants have been associated with various adverse health effects, including increased rates of hospital admissions and emergency room visits. Although numerous time-series studies and case-crossover studies have estimated associations between day-to-day variation in pollut...

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Main Authors: Eun-Hye Yoo, Patrick Brown, Youngseob Eum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Subjects:
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Emergency department (ED) visits
Hierarchical Bayesian model
Community multiscale air quality (CMAQ)
Ambient air quality
Spatial effects
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12942-018-0138-8

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