Comparison of emergency department and hospital admissions data for air pollution time-series studies

• Main Authors: Winquist A (Author), Klein M (Author), Tolbert P (Author), Flanders WD (Author), Hess J (Author), Sarnat SE (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions (HA) data have been an indispensible resource for assessing acute morbidity impacts of air pollution. ED visits and HAs are types of health care visits with similarities, but al...