Mortality associated with particulate concentration and Asian dust storms in Metropolitan Taipei

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-40

  Wang, Yu Chun ^a   Lin, Yu Kai ^b,c  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian dust storm; Circulatory; Death; Particulate matter; Season

Indexed keywords

DECELERATION; DUST; HEALTH RISKS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK PERCEPTION; STORMS;

ASIAN DUST STORM; CIRCULATORY; DEATH; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON;

PATHOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DUST STORM; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH RISK; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODEL TEST; MORTALITY; NONLINEARITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON RATIO; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASIAN DUST STORM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; HEALTH HAZARD; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84937026599     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.06.055     Document Type: Article

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