Ambient air quality and the effects of air pollutants on otolaryngology in Beijing

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Fengying ^a,b,c   Xu, Jin ^d   Zhang, Ziying ^e   Meng, Haiying ^f   Wang, Li ^b,c   Lu, Jinmei ^g   Wang, Wuyi ^c   Krafft, Thomas ^b  

^a CHINA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTRE   (China)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e Beijing Meteorological Bureau   (China)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air pollutant; Beijing; Health effect; Pollutant concentration; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BEIJING; HEALTH EFFECTS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; BEIJING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS;

EID: 84937566324     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4711-3     Document Type: Article

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