China needs a tighter PM2.5 limit and a change in priorities

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 7069-7070

  Chang, Yunhua ^a,b,c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; CHINA; COAL POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NOTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; RISK FACTOR;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84863523500     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3022705     Document Type: Note

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