Association between air pollution and cardiovascular mortality in Hefei, China: A time-series analysis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 229, Issue , 2017, Pages 790-797

  Zhang, Chao ^a   Ding, Rui ^a   Xiao, Changchun ^b   Xu, Yachun ^a   Cheng, Han ^a   Zhu, Furong ^a   Lei, Ruoqian ^a   Di, Dongsheng ^a   Zhao, Qihong ^a   Cao, Jiyu ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hefei Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Cardiovascular disease; Generalized additive model; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; MORTALITY; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHINA; COLD CLIMATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WIND; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ANHUI; CHINA; HEFEI;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85026856468     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.022     Document Type: Article

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