Effect of air pollution on daily mortality in Hong Kong

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 335-340

  Wong, Chit Ming ^a   Ma, Stefan ^a   Hedley, Anthony Johnson ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air pollutant concentrations; Daily mortality; Exposure response; Offset; Stratification by seasons

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MODEL; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SEASON;

EID: 0035025289     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109335     Document Type: Article

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