Exposure-response functions for health effects of ambient air pollution applicable for China - A meta-analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 329, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 3-16

  Aunan, Kristin ^a   Pan, Xiao Chuan ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; Epidemiology; Exposure response; Health effects; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; PULMONARY DISEASES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

HEALTH EFFECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTION;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; META-ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 3242675313     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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