Assessing responses of cardiovascular mortality to particulate matter air pollution for pre-, during- and post-2008 Olympics periods

Environmental Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-122

  Su, Chang ^a   Hampel, Regina ^a   Franck, Ulrich ^b   Wiedensohler, Alfred ^c   Cyrys, Josef ^a,d   Pan, Xiaochuan ^e   Wichmann, H Erich ^a   Peters, Annette ^a   Schneider, Alexandra ^a   Breitner, Susanne ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Accountability study; Cardiovascular mortality; Particle number concentration; Particulate matter; The Beijing Olympics

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; BEIJING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933045371     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.025     Document Type: Article

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