Risk-based prioritization among air pollution control strategies in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1204-1210

  Zhou, Ying ^a,b   Fu, Joshua S ^c   Zhuang, Guoshun ^d   Levy, Jonathan I ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; CMAQ; Health risk; Ozone; PM2.5; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 77956823502     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1001991     Document Type: Article

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