Associations between ambient particulate sulfate and admissions to Ontario hospitals for cardiac and respiratory diseases.

@article{citeulike:438461, abstract = {The association of daily cardiac and respiratory admissions to 168 acute care hospitals in Ontario, Canada, with daily levels of particulate sulfates was examined over the 6-year period 1983-1988. Sulfate levels were recorded at nine monitoring stations in regions of southern and central Ontario spanned by three monitoring networks. A 13-micrograms/m3 increase in sulfates recorded on the day prior to admission (the 95th percentile) was associated with a 3.7\% (p < 0.0001) increase in respiratory admissions and a 2.8\% (p < 0.0001) increase in cardiac admissions. Increases were observed for all age groups examined. Admissions for cardiac diseases increased 2.5\% for those under 65 years and 3.5\% for those 65 years and older. After adjusting for ambient temperature and ozone, similar increases in respiratory admissions were observed in the period from April to September (3.2\%) and in the period from October to March (2.8\%). A 3.2\% increase was observed for cardiac admissions in the period from April to September, and a 3.4\% increase was observed in the period from October to March after adjusting for ambient temperature and ozone.}, address = {Health Protection Branch, Health Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario.}, author = {Burnett, R. T. and Dales, R. and Krewski, D. and Vincent, R. and Dann, T. and Brook, J. R. }, citeulike-article-id = {438461}, issn = {0002-9262}, journal = {Am J Epidemiol}, keywords = {cardio, respiratory, sulfat}, month = {July}, number = {1}, pages = {15--22}, posted-at = {2005-12-15 10:45:05}, priority = {2}, title = {Associations between ambient particulate sulfate and admissions to Ontario hospitals for cardiac and respiratory diseases.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7785669}, volume = {142}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:438461 L3 - citeulike-article-id:438461 TI - Associations between ambient particulate sulfate and admissions to Ontario hospitals for cardiac and respiratory diseases. JF - Am J Epidemiol VL - 142 IS - 1 SP - 15 EP - 22 AD - Health Protection Branch, Health Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario. SN - 0002-9262 N2 - The association of daily cardiac and respiratory admissions to 168 acute care hospitals in Ontario, Canada, with daily levels of particulate sulfates was examined over the 6-year period 1983-1988. Sulfate levels were recorded at nine monitoring stations in regions of southern and central Ontario spanned by three monitoring networks. A 13-micrograms/m3 increase in sulfates recorded on the day prior to admission (the 95th percentile) was associated with a 3.7% (p < 0.0001) increase in respiratory admissions and a 2.8% (p < 0.0001) increase in cardiac admissions. Increases were observed for all age groups examined. Admissions for cardiac diseases increased 2.5% for those under 65 years and 3.5% for those 65 years and older. After adjusting for ambient temperature and ozone, similar increases in respiratory admissions were observed in the period from April to September (3.2%) and in the period from October to March (2.8%). A 3.2% increase was observed for cardiac admissions in the period from April to September, and a 3.4% increase was observed in the period from October to March after adjusting for ambient temperature and ozone. KW - cardio KW - respiratory KW - sulfat AU - Burnett, RT AU - Dales, R AU - Krewski, D AU - Vincent, R AU - Dann, T AU - Brook, JR PY - 1995/07/01/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7785669 ER -