An ecological analysis of PM2.5 concentrations and lung cancer mortality rates in China

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Fu, Jingying ^a   Jiang, Dong ^a   Lin, Gang ^b   Liu, Kun ^c,d,e   Wang, Qiao ^f  

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

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Aero Geophysical SurveyandRemote Sensing Center for Land and Resources   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^f NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84962484212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2015-009452     Document Type: Article

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