An assessment of air pollution and its attributable mortality in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-150

  Allen, Ryan W ^a   Gombojav, Enkhjargal ^b   Barkhasragchaa, Baldorj ^c   Byambaa, Tsogtbaatar ^a   Lkhasuren, Oyuntogos ^d   Amram, Ofer ^a   Takaro, Tim K ^a   Janes, Craig R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONGOLIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^c National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring   (Mongolia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asia; Coal; Combustion; Exposure; Impact assessment; Nephelometer; Satellite

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL; COMBUSTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LAND COVER; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [MONGOLIA]; MONGOLIA; ULAANBAATAR;

EID: 84874389991     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-011-0154-3     Document Type: Article

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