Fine particulate air pollution and daily mortality: A nationwide analysis in 272 Chinese cities

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 73-81

  Chen, Renjie ^a   Yin, Peng ^b   Meng, Xia ^c   Liu, Cong ^a   Wang, Lijun ^b   Xu, Xiaohui ^d   Ross, Jennifer A ^d   Tse, Lap A ^e   Zhao, Zhuohui ^a   Kan, Haidong ^a   Zhou, Maigeng ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; Fine particulates; Mortality; Time series

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER; ANALYSIS; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CITIES; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 85021748109     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201609-1862OC     Document Type: Article

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