Using health impacts to assess atmospheric carbon monoxide models

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-87

  Dirks, Kim N ^a   Sturman, Andrew P ^b   Johns, Murray D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Carboxyhaemoglobin; Exposure assessment; Health effects; Model evaluation; Modelling

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MONOXIDE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION MODELS; CARBOXYHAEMOGLOBIN; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EFFECTS; MODEL EVALUATION; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TRADITIONAL MODELS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748167509     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482705002057     Document Type: Article

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