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Spatial variability of excess mortality during prolonged dust events in a high-density city: a time-stratified spatial regression approach

BACKGROUND: Dust events have long been recognized to be associated with a higher mortality risk. However, no study has investigated how prolonged dust events affect the spatial variability of mortality across districts in a downwind city. METHODS: In this study, we applied a spatial regression appro...

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Autores principales: Wong, Man Sing, Ho, Hung Chak, Yang, Lin, Shi, Wenzhong, Yang, Jinxin, Chan, Ta-Chien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28738805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12942-017-0099-3