PM10 exposure, gaseous pollutants, and daily mortality in Inchon, South Korea

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 873-878

  Hong, Yun Chul ^a   Leem, Jong Han ^a   Ha, Eun Hee ^b   Christiani, David C ^c  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carbon monoxide; Cardiovascular; Mortality; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; PM10; Respiratory; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SOUTH KOREA; TIME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032585888     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107873     Document Type: Article

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