The associations between ambient air pollution and adult respiratory mortality in 32 major Chinese cities, 2006-2010

Environmental Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 278-286

  Zhou, Maigeng ^a   He, Guojun ^b   Liu, Yunning ^a   Yin, Peng ^a   Li, Yichong ^a   Kan, Haidong ^c   Fan, Maorong ^d   Xue, An ^e   Fan, Maoyong ^f  

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

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XIYUAN HOSPITAL   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air pollution index; China; PM10; Respiratory mortality

Indexed keywords

COAL; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; HEATING; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHINESE; CITY; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEATING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WEATHER; WINTER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASON; TOXICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922567384     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.12.016     Document Type: Article

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