Do gender, education, and income modify the effect of air pollution gases on cardiac disease?
Cakmak S; Dales RE; Judek S Health Canada, Canada. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether gender, education, and income influence the susceptibility to ambient air pollution. METHODS: We determined the association between daily cardiac hospitalizations and daily concentrations of gaseous air pollutants in 10 large Canadian cities using time-series analyses adjusted for day-of-the week, temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity.