Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA): A multicity study of short-term effects of air pollution on mortality

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1195-1202

  Wong, Chit Ming ^a   Vichit Vadakan, Nuntavarn ^b   Kan, Haidong ^c,d   Qian, Zhengmin ^e,f   Vajanapoom, N ^b   Ostro, B ^g   Wong, C M ^a   Thach, T Q ^a   Chau, P Y K ^a   Chan, K P ^a   Chung, R Y ^a   Qu, C Q ^a   Yang, L ^a   Thomas, G N ^a   Lam, T H ^a   Hadley, A J ^a   Peiris, J S M ^h   Wong, T W ⁱ   Chen, B ^c   Zhao, N ^c   Zhang, Y ^c   London, S J ^d   Song, G ^j   Jiang, L ^j   Chen, G ^k   Qian, Z ^e   Lin, H M ^e,l   Bentley, C M ^e   He, Q ^m   Kong, L ^m   Yang, N ⁿ   Zhou, D ⁿ   Xu, S ^o   Liu, W ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^j Shanghai Municipal Center of Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^k Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^l MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m Wuhan Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

ⁿ Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^o Wuhan Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bangkok; Hong Kong; Mortality; Shanghai; Time series analysis; Wuhan

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; THAILAND;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ASIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 54149107453     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11257     Document Type: Article

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