Sources and trends of environmental mercury emissions in Asia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 649-662

  Wong, Coby S C ^a   Duzgoren Aydin, Nurdan S ^a   Aydin, Adnan ^a   Wong, Ming H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic emissions; Asia; China; Mercury; Sources; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; COAL COMBUSTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MERCURY (METAL);

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ASIA; CHINA; SOURCES; TRENDS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

COAL; GOLD; MERCURY; STEEL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLIMATE; COMBUSTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; INDUSTRY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MINING; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIA; COAL; ELECTRONICS; GOLD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; METALLURGY; MINING; POWER PLANTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; STEEL;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 33746823804     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.11.024     Document Type: Article

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