Particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and daily mortality in Chongqing, China

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 562-567

  Venners, Scott A ^a,b,c   Wang, Binyan ^a,d   Peng, Zhonggui ^e   Xu, Yu ^e   Wang, Lihua ^d   Xu, Xiping ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Tulane and Xavier Universities   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e Chongqing Institute of Environmental Science   (China)

Author keywords

China; Daily mortality; Particulate matter; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0038408647     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5664     Document Type: Review

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