Fine particulate air pollution and hospital emergency room visits for respiratory disease in urban areas in Beijing, China, in 2013

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Xu, Qin ^a   Li, Xia ^a,b   Wang, Shuo ^c   Wang, Chao ^a   Huang, Fangfang ^a   Gao, Qi ^a   Wu, Lijuan ^a   Tao, Lixin ^a   Guo, Jin ^a   Wang, Wei ^a,d   Guo, Xiuhua ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URBAN AREA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALYSIS; CITY PLANNING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEIJING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; URBAN RENEWAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963512463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153099     Document Type: Article

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