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The Air Quality Health Index and Asthma Morbidity: A Population-Based Study

Background: Exposure to air pollution has been linked to the exacerbation of respiratory diseases. The Air Quality Health Index (AQHI), developed in Canada, is a new health risk scale for reporting air quality and advising risk reduction actions. Objective: We used the AQHI to estimate the impact of...

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Autores principales: To, Teresa, Shen, Shixin, Atenafu, Eshetu G., Guan, Jun, McLimont, Susan, Stocks, Brian, Licskai, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23060364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104816