Systematic review and meta-analysis of the adverse health effects of ambient PM2.5 and PM10 pollution in the Chinese population

Environmental Research

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-204

  Lu, Feng ^a,b   Xu, Dongqun ^b   Cheng, Yibin ^b   Dong, Shaoxia ^b   Guo, Chao ^a   Jiang, Xue ^c   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

China; Health effects; Meta analysis; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; DEVELOPING WORLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; META-ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMOG;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHINA; CHINESE; CNKI DATABASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLISHING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; WEB OF SCIENCE; META ANALYSIS;

CHINA; TAIWAN;

CHINA; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84911915710     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.06.029     Document Type: Review

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