Background Many studies have assessed the harmful effects of ambient air pollution on
human mortality, but the evidence needs further exploration, analysis, and refinement, given …

Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a major air pollutant and has significant impacts upon human health.
Few multi-city studies in Asia have examined the acute health effects of SO2. As part of the …

Sulfur dioxide (SO2) has been associated with increased mortality and morbidity, but only
few studies were conducted in Asian countries. Previous studies suggest that SO2 may have …

Background Ambient sulfur dioxide (SO 2) remains a major air pollutant in developing
countries, but epidemiological evidence about its health effects was not abundant and …

No prior cohort studies exist in China examining the association of outdoor air pollution with
mortality. We studied 70,947 middle-aged men and women in the China National …

Background Lack of research on the effects of gaseous pollutants (nitrogen oxides [NO x],
sulfur dioxide [SO 2], carbon monoxide [CO] and ozone [O 3]) in the ambient environment on …

Objectives: To carry out a prospective combined quantitative analysis of the associations
between all cause mortality and ambient particulate matter and sulphur dioxide. Design …

The relationship between air pollution and daily mortality in 1989 was examined in two
residential areas in Beijing, China. Very high concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2)(mean …

The burden of disease attributed to the indoor exposure to sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen
dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3), and carbon monoxide (CO) is not clear, and the quantitative …

The authors analyzed daily mortality data in Shenyang, China, for calendar year 1992 to
identify possible associations with ambient sulfur dioxide and total suspended particulates …