Daily visibility and hospital admission in Shanghai, China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-121

  Ge, WenZhen ^a   Chen, RenJie ^a   Song, WeiMin ^a   Kan, HaiDong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Hospital admission; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 79955900984     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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