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Main Title Use of emergency room patient populations in air pollution epidemiology /
Author Ward, John R. ; Moschandreas., Demetrios J.
CORP Author Geomet, Inc., Gaithersburg, Md.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C. Population Studies Div.
Publisher Health Effects Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1978
Report Number EPA/600/1-78/030; EPA-68-02-2205
Stock Number PB-282 894
Subjects Air--Pollution--Health aspects ; Hospitals--Emergency services ; Health risk assessment--United States ; Emergency Service, Hospital
Additional Subjects Epidemiology ; Health care utilization ; Respiratory diseases ; Communities ; Populations ; Exposure ; Morbidity ; Ozone ; Air pollution ; Methodology ; Research ; Correlation ; Concentration(Composition) ; Data acquisition ; Medical records ; Interviews ; Questionnaires ; California ; Air pollution effects(Humans) ; Environmental health ; Emergency rooms ; Riverside County(California)
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NTIS  PB-282 894 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation x, 197 pages : maps ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The long-term objective of this project was the design and implementation of a particular epidemiological approach to investigation of ambient pollutant effects: the correlation of pollutant exposure with patterns of hospital emergency room utilization. The report covers the initial phase of development and pilot studies. Separate discussions are provided on the two major components of the methodology: investigation of health effects and estimation of ambient ozone concentrations. The approach to study adverse health effects was premised on the assumption that an increase in community morbidity due to environmental air pollution wouldbe reflected in emergency room patient populations. It was concluded, however, that this was not a useful method for investigation of exposure-response associations. The mapping of ambient ozone concentrations in time and space over the Riverside metropolitan area was investigated using data from two monitoring stations located within the subject area. A procedure was developed for a month-by-month comparative study of the data. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)
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