Relationship between ambient air pollution and daily mortality of SARS in Beijing

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kan, Hai Dong ^a   Chen, Bing Heng ^a   Fu, Chao Wei ^a   Yu, Shun Zhang ^a   Mu, Li Na ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Beijing; SARS

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 17244366497     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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