Health impacts of particulate matter in five major Estonian towns: Main sources of exposure and local differences

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-258

  Orru, Hans ^a,b   Maasikmets, Marek ^c,d   Lai, Taavi ^a   Tamm, Tanel ^a   Kaasik, Marko ^a   Kimmel, Veljo ^d   Orru, Kati ^e   Merisalu, Eda ^a   Forsberg, Bertil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Eesti Keskkonnauuringute Keskus   (Estonia)

^d ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Costs; Dispersion modelling; Health impact assessment; Local heating; Particulate matter; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREENBELT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEATING; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODEL VALIDATION; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

ESTONIA; NARVA; PARNU; TALLINN; TARTU;

EID: 80051681140     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-010-0075-6     Document Type: Article

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