Association of particulate air pollution with daily mortality: The China air pollution and health effects study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1173-1181

  Chen, Renjie ^a   Kan, Haidong ^a   Chen, Bingheng ^a   Huang, Wei ^b   Bai, Zhipeng ^c   Song, Guixiang ^d   Pan, Guowei ^e  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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

Author keywords

Air pollution; CAPES; mortality; particulate matter; time series

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TREND ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHINA; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA;

EID: 84862170546     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr425     Document Type: Article

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