Exposure efficiency: An idea whose time has come?

Chemosphere

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1075-1091

  Evans, John S ^a   Wolff, Scott K ^a   Phonboon, Kanchanasak ^b   Levy, Jonathan I ^a   Smith, Kirk R ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Coal fired power plants; Exposure efficiency; Fine particles; Intake fraction; Life cycle analysis; Particles; PM10; PM2.5; Risk assessment; Transportation sources

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

POLLUTANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COAL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INHALATION; LIFE CYCLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036882538     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00242-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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