Air pollution and cardiovascular admissions association in Spain: results within the EMECAS project

Ballester, Ferrán; Rodríguez, P; Iñíguez, C; Saez, M; Daponte, A; Galán, I; Taracido, M; Arribas, F; Bellido, J; B Cirarda, F; Cañada, A; J Guillén, J; Guillén-Grima, F; López, E; Pérez-Hoyos, S; Lertxundi, A; Toro, S

doi:10.1136/jech.2005.037978

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Air pollution and cardiovascular admissions association in Spain: results within the EMECAS project

Published in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health • Mar 13, 2006

Authors:

Ferrán Ballester

P Rodríguez

C Iñíguez

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the short term effect of air pollution on cardiovascular admissions in 14 Spanish cities METHODS: The period under study was from 1995 to 1999. Daily emergency admissions for all cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and heart diseases (HD) were obtained from hospital records, and the...

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Medicine

Confounding

Air pollution

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