Intake fractions of industrial air pollutants in China: Estimation and application

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 354, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 127-141

  Wang, Shuxiao ^a,b   Hao, Jiming ^a   Ho, Mun S ^c   Li, Ji ^a   Lu, Yongqi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial air pollution; Particles; Population exposure; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HEALTH; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLES; POPULATION EXPOSURE; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES (TSP);

AIR POLLUTION;

IRON; MINERAL; STEEL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; INDUSTRY; METALLURGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METALLURGY; MINERALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER PLANTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 29944435110     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.045     Document Type: Article

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