Shipping emissions associated with increased cardiovascular hospitalizations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 320-325

  Tian, Linwei ^a   Ho, Kin fai ^a   Louie, Peter K K ^b   Qiu, Hong ^a   Pun, Vivian C ^a   Kan, Haidong ^c   Yu, Ignatius T S ^a   Wong, Tze Wai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Environmental Protection Department   (Hong Kong)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Emergency hospital admission; Nickel; Particulate matter; Shipping emission; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVES; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; MONITORING STATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION; SHIPPING EMISSIONS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DISEASES; FOG; HOSPITALS; RISK PERCEPTION; SHIPS; VANADIUM;

NICKEL;

NICKEL; VANADIUM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMBUSTION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIPPING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84877074338     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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