Study on the association between ambient air pollution and daily cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in an urban district of Beijing

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2109-2123

  Zhang, Fengying ^a,b   Li, Liping ^c   Krafft, Thomas ^a,d   Lv, Jinmei ^a,b   Wang, Wuyi ^a   Pei, Desheng ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Cardiovascular disease; Environmental exposure; Mortality; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79959831886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8062109     Document Type: Article

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