Temperature modifies the association between particulate air pollution and mortality: A multi-city study in South Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 524-525, Issue , 2015, Pages 376-383

  Kim, Satbyul Estella ^a   Lim, Youn Hee ^a,b   Kim, Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Effect modification; Mortality; Particulate matter; Temperature; Time series studies

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AIR POLLUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; POLLUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; EFFECT MODIFICATIONS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE RANGE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

SOUTH KOREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928314778     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.137     Document Type: Article

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