Impact of haze and air pollution-related hazards on hospital admissions in Guangzhou, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4236-4244

  Zhang, Zili ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Chen, Lianghua ^a   Chen, Xinyu ^a   Sun, Guiyuan ^a   Zhong, Nanshan ^a   Kan, Haidong ^b   Lu, Wenju ^a,c  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Haze; Hospital admissions; Respiratory and cardiovascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EMISSION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HAZE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEASON; STATISTICS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895860135     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2374-6     Document Type: Article

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