Quantifying short-term and long-term health benefits of attaining ambient fine particulate pollution standards in Guangzhou, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 137, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-44

  Lin, Hualiang ^a   Liu, Tao ^a   Xiao, Jianpeng ^a   Zeng, Weilin ^a   Li, Xing ^a   Guo, Lingchuan ^a   Xu, Yanjun ^a   Zhang, Yonghui ^a   Vaughn, Michael G ^b   Nelson, Erik J ^b   Qian, Zhengmin Min ^b   Ma, Wenjun ^a  

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

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality standard; China; Health benefit; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; HEALTH; MONITORING; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK PERCEPTION; STANDARDS;

AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CHINA; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; HEALTH BENEFITS; MORTALITY; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS;

AIR QUALITY STANDARDS;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84964411695     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.04.037     Document Type: Article

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