Impact of outdoor air pollution on cardiovascular health in Mainland China

CVD Prevention and Control

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-78

  Kan, Haidong ^a   Huang, Wei ^b   Chen, Bingheng ^a   Zhao, Ni ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular disease; China; Mortality; Time series

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 60749128917     PISSN: 18754570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvdpc.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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