Gaseous air pollution and acute myocardial infarction mortality in Hong Kong: Atime-stratified case-crossover study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-73

  Lin, Hualiang ^a   An, Qingzhu ^b   Luo, Chao ^a   Pun, Vivian C ^a   Chan, Chi Sing ^a   Tian, Linwei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Case crossover; Gaseous air pollution; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; CASE CROSSOVERS; COMMON DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDES;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84879420532     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.08.043     Document Type: Article

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