The short-term effect of air pollution on cardiovascular mortality in Tianjin, China: Comparison of time series and case-crossover analyses

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 300-306

  Guo, Yuming ^a   Barnett, Adrian G ^a   Zhang, Yanshen ^b   Tong, Shilu ^a   Yu, Weiwei ^a   Pan, Xiaochuan ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular mortality; Case crossover; Time series

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CASE-CROSSOVER; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; RESIDUAL ANALYSIS; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; TIANJIN , CHINA;

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION; TIME SERIES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOCORRELATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; TIME SERIES;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 78649744208     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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