Acute effects of black carbon and PM2.5 on children asthma admissions: A time-series study in a Chinese city

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 481, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 433-438

  Hua, Jing ^a,b   Yin, Yong ^c   Peng, Li ^b   Du, Li ^a   Geng, Fuhai ^b   Zhu, Liping ^a  

^a Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital   (China)

^b SHANGHAI METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU   (China)

^c SHANGHAI CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma admission; Black carbon; Fine particle; Time series

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; ASTHMA ADMISSION; BLACK CARBON; DISTRIBUTED MODELING; EXPOSURE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; FINE PARTICLES; HEALTH OUTCOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS;

DISEASES;

BLACK CARBON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

ASTHMA ADMISSION; BLACK CARBON; FINE PARTICLE; TIME-SERIES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84896049945     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.070     Document Type: Article

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