Associations between short-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide and mortality in 17 Chinese cities: The China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study (CAPES)

Environment International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-38

  Chen, Renjie ^a   Samoli, Evangelia ^b   Wong, Chit Ming ^c   Huang, Wei ^d   Wang, Zongshuang ^e   Chen, Bingheng ^a   Kan, Haidong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bayesian hierarchical models; Mortality; Nitrogen dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FUNCTIONS; HEALTH; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ASIAN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODEL; LINEAR ASSOCIATIONS; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH IMPACT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHINA;

EID: 84860585298     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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