Communicating air pollution-related health risks to the public: An application of the Air Quality Health Index in Shanghai, China

Environment International

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-173

  Chen, Renjie ^a   Wang, Xi ^a   Meng, Xia ^a   Hua, Jing ^b   Zhou, Zhijun ^a   Chen, Bingheng ^a   Kan, Haidong ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution index; Air Quality Health Index; Risk communication; Time series

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDES;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EFFECTIVE TOOL; HEALTH INDICES; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK COMMUNICATION; SHANGHAI , CHINA;

AIR QUALITY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDEX METHOD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY HEALTH INDEX; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84870719666     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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