The situation of hazardous chemical accidents in China between 2000 and 2006

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1489-1494

  Duan, Weili ^a   Chen, Guohua ^a   Ye, Qing ^a   Chen, Qingguang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Countermeasures; Hazardous chemical accidents; Petroleum and chemical industrial; Socio economic; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COUNTERMEASURES; HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS; PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS; COASTAL ZONES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COASTAL ZONE; DAMAGE; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; MORTALITY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CHINA; DANGEROUS GOODS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLLUTION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CHINA;

EID: 79751536524     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.12.029     Document Type: Article

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