Association Between Emergency Hospital Admissions of the Adult Population with Preexisting Respiratory Conditions and Ozone Air Quality Index

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dc.contributor.advisorTerry Gratton
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDouglas Mains
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRaghbir Sandhu
dc.creatorMuzina, Miranda
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:17:03Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:17:03Z
dc.date.issued2006-12-01
dc.date.submitted2014-03-18T14:12:05-07:00
dc.description.abstractMuzina, Miranda, Association Between Emergency Hospital Admissions of the Adult Population with Preexisting Respiratory Conditions and Ozone Air Quality Index. Master of Public Health (Environmental Health), December 2006, 117 pp., 23 tables, 18 figures, references, 128 titles. This study examined if an association exists between seasonal ozone air pollution in the Fort Worth area and patients admitted to local area hospitals with existing asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis and COPD. Ozone is secondary pollutant formed in a complex reaction between oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds, in the presence of sunlight and heat. The EPA has classified the Dallas-Fort Worth area as a non-attainment area by for ozone. The study did not find any apparent association between seasonal ozone AQI and the emergency respiration admissions. The available hospital data significantly limited analyzing the connection between emergency hospitalization and daily fluctuations of ozone. Further studies are needed to address this complex relationship in a broader perspective.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29214
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectEmergency Medicine
dc.subjectHealth Services Administration
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectOther Public Health
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectEmergency hospital admissions
dc.subjectadult population
dc.subjectpreexisting respiratory conditions
dc.subjectozone air quality index
dc.subjectseasonal ozone pollution
dc.subjectFort Worth
dc.subjectasthma
dc.subjectpneumonia
dc.subjectbronchitis
dc.subjectCOPD
dc.subjecthospitalization
dc.titleAssociation Between Emergency Hospital Admissions of the Adult Population with Preexisting Respiratory Conditions and Ozone Air Quality Index
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dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineHealth Management and Policy
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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