Fine particulate air pollution and daily mortality in Shenyang, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2473-2477

  Ma, Yanjun ^a   Chen, Renjie ^b   Pan, Guowei ^c   Xu, Xiaohui ^d   Song, Weimin ^b   Chen, Bingheng ^b   Kan, Haidong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Liaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case crossover; Fine particle; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CASE CROSSOVERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FINE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICULATES; MORTALITY; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; STANDARD SETTING;

POLLUTION;

AGE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER; ACCIDENT; AIR POLLUTANT; CITY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

CHINA; LIAONING; SHENYANG;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961006087     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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