Short-term association between sulfur dioxide and daily mortality: The Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA) study

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-264

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

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^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)

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Author keywords

Air pollution; Mortality; Sulfur dioxide; Time series

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POISSON RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEASONALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; CHINA; HONG KONG; HUBEI; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; SHANGHAI; THAILAND; WUHAN;

EID: 77649272936     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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