Can the Air Pollution Index be used to communicate the health risks of air pollution?

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 205, Issue , 2015, Pages 153-160

  Li, Li ^a   Lin, Guo Zhen ^b   Liu, Hua Zhang ^b   Guo, Yuming ^c   Ou, Chun Quan ^a   Chen, Ping Yan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air Pollution Index; Harvesting (mortality displacement); Risk communication; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS;

AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS; GUANGZHOU , CHINA; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; RISK COMMUNICATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK FACTOR; VULNERABILITY;

AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHINA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

AIR POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930933439     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.05.038     Document Type: Article

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