Human health impact of exposure to airborne particulate matter in Pearl River Delta, China

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 215, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 349-363

  Xie, Peng ^a   Liu, Xiaoyun ^a   Liu, Zhaorong ^a   Li, Tiantian ^a,b   Zhong, Liujv ^c   Xiang, Yunrong ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Guangdong Provincial Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Avoidable deaths; Life expectancy; Particulate matter; Pearl River Delta

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; AVERAGE LIFESPAN; AVOIDABLE DEATHS; CHRONIC EFFECTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HEALTH EFFECTS; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; META-ANALYSIS; MONITORING STATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POISSON MODEL; PREMATURE DEATH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSE COEFFICIENT; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEMS; RIVERS;

HEALTH;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LIFE TABLE METHOD; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 78751575956     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0483-0     Document Type: Article

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