Corrigendum to “The association of annual air pollution exposure with blood pressure among patients with sleep-disordered breathing” [Science of the Total Environment 543(Part A) (2016) 61–66](S0048969715309517)(10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.135);The association of annual air pollution exposure with blood pressure among patients with sleep-disordered breathing

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 543, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-66

  Liu, Wen Te ^a,b,c,d   Lee, Kang Yun ^a,b   Lee, Hsin Chien ^a,d   Chuang, Hsiao Chi ^a,b   Wu, Dean ^a,e   Juang, Jer Nan ^c   Chuang, Kai Jen ^e,f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Apnea hypopnea index; Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMIDITY CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION CONTROL; SLEEP RESEARCH;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; APNEA-HYPOPNEA INDICES; CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANTS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING; TAIWAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADMINISTRATIONS; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84946723171     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.166     Document Type: Erratum

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