Estimating population exposure to power plant emissions using CALPUFF: A case study in Beijing, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 815-826

  Zhou, Ying ^a,d   Levy, Jonathan I ^b   Hammitt, James K ^c   Evans, John S ^c  

^a Landmark Center ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atmospheric dispersion modeling; China; Intake fraction; Particulate matter; Power plants

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISPERSIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; HEALTH RISKS; NITRATES; OZONE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POWER PLANTS; SULFUR;

POPULATION EXPOSURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; OZONE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POWER PLANT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHINA; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BEIJING; CHINA;

EID: 0037304813     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00937-8     Document Type: Article

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