Heavy air pollution in Beijing and possible impact on Olympic athletes

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 731-733

  Salthammer, Tunga ^a  

^a Wilhelm Klauditz Institut (WKI)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Olympic games

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; OLYMPIC GAMES; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 77249153358     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200800150     Document Type: Article

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