Dietary habits and the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Chinese population in Hong Kong

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-258

  Ou, Chun Quan ^a,b   Wong, Chit Ming ^a,b   Ho, Sai Yin ^b   Schooling, Mary ^b   Yang, Lin ^b   Hedley, Anthony J ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUIT; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOYBEAN; VEGETABLE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84857190242     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.103275     Document Type: Article

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