A study of air pollutants influencing life expectancy and longevity from spatial perspective in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-64

  Wang, Li ^a,b   BingganWei, ^b   Li, Yonghua ^b   Li, Hairong ^b   Zhang, Fengying ^a,c   Rosenberg, Mark ^d   Yang, Linsheng ^b   Huang, Jixia ^b   Krafft, Thomas ^a,b,e   Wang, Wuyi ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c CHINA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BHARATI VIDYAPEETH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Geographically Weighted Regression; Life expectancy; Longevity; Per capita GDP; Stepwise Regression

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; LONGEVITY; PER CAPITA; STEPWISE REGRESSION;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; PER CAPITA GDP; STEPWISE REGRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899075497     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.142     Document Type: Article

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