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C. Linares, J. Díaz, C. López & R. García-Herrera

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of the principal urban pollutants (PM10, O3, SO2, NO2, and NOx) on daily emergency hospital admissions of children less than ten years of age in Madrid. The data series of daily emergency hospital admissions examined for this study covered the period of January 1, 1995, to December 31, 2000 (n=1,292). Causes of emergency hospital admissions were grouped into the following categories: total organic disease causes (ICD-9: 1-799), circulatory diseases admissions (ICD-9: 390-459) and admissions due to respiratory system diseases (ICD-9: 460-519). Poisson Regression Models were used to quantify the qualitative associations detected between such admi

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