Associations between ambient air pollution and prevalence of stroke and cardiovascular diseases in 33 Chinese communities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 968-973

  Dong, Guang Hui ^a,b   Qian, Zhengmin ^b   Wang, Jing ^b   Chen, Weiqing ^c   Ma, Wenjun ^d   Trevathan, Edwin ^b   Xaverius, Pamela K ^b   DeClue, Richard ^b   Wiese, Andrew ^b   Langston, Marvin ^b   Liu, Miao Miao ^a   Wang, Da ^a   Ren, Wan Hui ^e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e Shenyang Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Ambient air pollution; Cardiovascular diseases; China; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; STROKE;

DISEASES; LOGISTICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ABANDONED MINE; ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; STROKE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHINA;

EID: 84880176861     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.06.034     Document Type: Article

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