Size-fractioned particulate air pollution and cardiovascular emergency room visits in Beijing, China

Environmental Research

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-63

  Liu, Liqun ^a,b,c   Breitner, Susanne ^a,b   Schneider, Alexandra ^a   Cyrys, Josef ^a,d   Brüske, Irene ^a   Franck, Ulrich ^e   Schlink, Uwe ^e   Marian Leitte, Arne ^e   Herbarth, Olf ^e,f   Wiedensohler, Alfred ^g   Wehner, Birgit ^g   Pan, Xiaochuan ^c   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,b   Peters, Annette ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accurately size fractioned ambient; Beijing; Cardiovascular emergency room visits; Distributed lag non linear model; Particle number concentration; particulate matter; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; MORBIDITY; NONLINEARITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84873999700     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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