Ambient air pollution and hospital admission in Shanghai, China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 234-240

  Chen, Renjie ^a   Chu, Chen ^b   Tan, Jianguo ^c   Cao, Junshan ^a   Song, Weimin ^a   Xu, Xiaohui ^d   Jiang, Cheng ^e   Ma, Wenjuan ^a   Yang, Chunxue ^a   Chen, Bingheng ^a   Gui, Yonghao ^b   Kan, Haidong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Climate Center   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Air pollution; Hospital admission; Morbidity; Time series

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION OF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; MORBIDITY; NATURAL SPLINES; OUTDOOR AIR; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SHANGHAI , CHINA; WARM SEASONS;

AIR QUALITY; FOG; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORBIDITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; COLD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; WARMING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 77954538078     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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