Impact of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on the risk of influenza-like-illness: A time-series analysis in Beijing, China

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Feng, Cindy ^a   Li, Jian ^b   Sun, Wenjie ^b,c   Zhang, Yi ^d   Wang, Quanyi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Generalized additive model; Influenza; Meteorological factor; PM2.5; Spline

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; INFLUENZA; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957795305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0115-2     Document Type: Article

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