Modification of the effects of air pollutants on mortality by temperature: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 575, Issue , 2017, Pages 1556-1570

  Li, Jing ^a,a,b,h   Woodward, Alistair ^c   Hou, Xiang Yu ^d   Zhu, Tong ^e   Zhang, Jinliang ^f   Brown, Helen ^g   Yang, Jun ^a   Qin, Rennie ^c   Gao, Jinghong ^a   Gu, Shaohua ^a   Xu, Lei ^a   Liu, Xiaobo ^a   Liu, Qiyong ^a,h  

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

^b Haidian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^g CAMPDEN BRI   (United Kingdom)

^h SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Extreme temperature; Meta analysis; Modification; Mortality; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TEMPERATURE;

EXTREME TEMPERATURES; META ANALYSIS; MODIFICATION; MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLACK SMOKE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; NON ACCIDENTAL MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEAT; META ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85001863254     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.070     Document Type: Article

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