Public health in China: An environmental and socio-economic perspective

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 129, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-17

  Song, Wenjing ^a,c   Li, Yonghua ^a,b   Hao, Zhe ^a,d   Li, Hairong ^a   Wang, Wuyi ^a  

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

^b Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Damage Assessment and Remediation   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Centenarian ratio; Environmental and socio economic indicators; Geographically weighted regression; Longevity index; Public health; Stepwise regression

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CENTENARIAN RATIO; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; LONGEVITY INDEX; SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS; STEPWISE REGRESSION;

PUBLIC HEALTH;

COAL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84955090382     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.12.021     Document Type: Article

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