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Guixiang Song
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 16
Citations - 3066
Guixiang Song is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Air pollution & Diurnal temperature variation. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 16 publications receiving 2635 citations. Previous affiliations of Guixiang Song include Fudan University.
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The urban heat island and its impact on heat waves and human health in Shanghai
Jin Tan,Yvonne Zheng,Xiaochao Tang,Changyi Guo,Louman Li,Guixiang Song,Xinrong Zhen,Dong Yuan,Adam J. Kalkstein,Feng Li,Huey tsyh Chen +10 more
TL;DR: An examination of summer mortality rates in and around Shanghai yields heightened heat-related mortality in urban regions, and it is concluded that the UHI is directly responsible, acting to worsen the adverse health effects from exposure to extreme thermal conditions.
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Season, Sex, Age, and Education as Modifiers of the Effects of Outdoor Air Pollution on Daily Mortality in Shanghai, China: The Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA) Study
Haidong Kan,Stephanie J. London,Guohai Chen,Yunhui Zhang,Guixiang Song,Naiqing Zhao,Lili Jiang,Bingheng Chen +7 more
TL;DR: Season, sex, age, and education may modify the health effects of outdoor air pollution in Shanghai and the effects of air pollutants were more evident in the cool season than in the warm season, and females and the elderly were more vulnerable to outdoorAir pollution.
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Association of Particulate Air Pollution With Daily Mortality The China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study
TL;DR: This largest epidemiologic study of particulate air pollution in China suggests that short-term exposure to PM(10) is associated with increased mortality risk.
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Differentiating the effects of fine and coarse particles on daily mortality in Shanghai, China.
Haidong Kan,Stephanie J. London,Guohai Chen,Yunhui Zhang,Guixiang Song,Naiqing Zhao,Lili Jiang,Bingheng Chen +7 more
TL;DR: It is found that PM2.5 was associated with the death rates from all causes and from cardiorespiratory diseases in Shanghai and the rationale for further limiting levels of PM 2.5 in outdoor air in Shanghai is strengthened.
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Heat wave impacts on mortality in Shanghai, 1998 and 2003
TL;DR: Improvements in living conditions in Shanghai, such as increased use of air conditioning, larger living areas, and increased urban green space, along with higher levels of heat awareness and the implementation of a heat warning system, were responsible for the lower levels of human mortality in 2003 compared to 1998.