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Effects of an air pollution personal alert system on health service usage in a high-risk general population: a quasi-experimental study using linked data

BACKGROUND: There is no evidence to date on whether an intervention alerting people to high levels of pollution is effective in reducing health service utilisation. We evaluated alert accuracy and the effect of a targeted personal air pollution alert system, airAware, on emergency hospital admission...

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Autores principales: Lyons, R A, Rodgers, S E, Thomas, S, Bailey, R, Brunt, H, Thayer, D, Bidmead, J, Evans, B A, Harold, P, Hooper, M, Snooks, H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5136690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27217535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2016-207222