Ambient air pollution and years of life lost in Ningbo, China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  He, Tianfeng ^a   Yang, Zuyao ^b   Liu, Tao ^c   Shen, Yueping ^d   Fu, Xiaohong ^b   Qian, Xujun ^d   Zhang, Yuelun ^b   Wang, Yong ^a   Xu, Zhiwei ^e   Zhu, Shankuan ^f   Mao, Chen ^b   Xu, Guozhang ^a   Tang, Jinling ^b  

^a NINGBO MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^f ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84959480784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22485     Document Type: Article

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