The Association between Ambient Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in Beijing after the 2008 Olympics: A Time Series Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Yang ^a   Li, Runkui ^b   Li, Wenjing ^a   Wang, Meng ^a   Cao, Yang ^c   Wu, Zhenglai ^a   Xu, Qun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885716546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076759     Document Type: Article

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