The burden of ambient air pollution on years of life lost in Wuxi, China, 2012–2015: A time-series study using a distributed lag non-linear model

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue , 2017, Pages 689-697

  Zhu, Jingying ^a   Zhang, Xuhui ^a   Zhang, Xi ^a   Dong, Mei ^b   Wu, Jiamei ^c   Dong, Yunqiu ^a   Chen, Rong ^a   Ding, Xinliang ^a   Huang, Chunhua ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Zhou, Weijie ^a  

^a Wuxi Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^b Wuxi Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^c Wuxi Municipal Meteorological Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Modifiers; Non accidental mortality; Time series study; Years of life lost

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOG; HEALTH RISKS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; MODIFIERS; NON-ACCIDENTAL MORTALITY; YEARS OF LIFE LOST;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOXIC GAS; AIR POLLUTANT;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; YEARS OF LIFE LOST; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BREATHING DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FORECASTING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA; JIANGSU; WUXI [JIANGSU];

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85014121282     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.053     Document Type: Article

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