Environmental health in China: progress towards clean air and safe water

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9720, 2010, Pages 1110-1119

  Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Mauzerall, Denise L ^b   Zhu, Tong ^c   Liang, Song ^d   Ezzati, Majid ^e   Remais, Justin V ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tsinghua University   (China)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; DRINKING WATER; FUEL; TOXIN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOKING; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 77949856325     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60062-1     Document Type: Review

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