The short term burden of ambient fine particulate matter on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Ningbo, China

• Main Authors: Guoxing Li (Author), Jing Huang (Author), Guozhang Xu (Author), Xiaochuan Pan (Author), Xujun Qian (Author), Jiaying Xu (Author), Yan Zhao (Author), Tao Zhang (Author), Qichen Liu (Author), Xinbiao Guo (Author), Tianfeng He (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Numerous studies have found associations between ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and increased mortality risk. However, little evidence is available on associations between PM2.5 and years of life lost (YLL). We aimed to estimate the YLL due to chronic obstructive pulmona...