Present and potential future contributions of sulfate, black and organic carbon aerosols from China to global air quality, premature mortality and radiative forcing

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2814-2822

  Saikawa, Eri ^a   Naik, Vaishali ^a   Horowitz, Larry W ^b   Liu, Junfeng ^a   Mauzerall, Denise L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air pollution; China; Health; Premature mortality; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATIONS; BLACK CARBON AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORTS; CHINA; EMISSION SCENARIOS; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; GLOBAL MODELS; HUMAN HEALTHS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; MORTALITY RATES; ORGANIC CARBON AEROSOLS; POPULATION DATUM; PREMATURE DEATHS; PREMATURE MORTALITY; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FORCING; SIMULATION RESULTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON BLACK; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA TRANSFER RATES; EMISSION CONTROL; FIRE HAZARDS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEALTH; ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION STATISTICS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CARBON; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEATH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 65549128789     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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