Short-term effects of gaseous pollutants on cause-specific mortality in Wuhan, China

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 785-793

  Qian, Zhengmin ^a,e   He, Qingci ^b   Lin, Hung Mo ^a   Kong, Lingli ^b   Liao, Duanping ^a   Yang, Niannian ^c   Bentley, Christy M ^a   Xu, Shuangqing ^d  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Wuhan Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

^c Wuhan Centres for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^d Wuhan Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^e Health Evaluation Sciences A210   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OZONE; POLLUTION DETECTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SHORT TERM EFFECTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 34547120206     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.57.7.785     Document Type: Article

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