Reductions of PM2.5 air concentrations and possible effects on premature mortality in Japan

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Nawahda, Amin ^a  

^a SOHAR UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Exposure; Japan; Premature mortality; SPM

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; HEALTH RISKS;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EXPOSURE; JAPAN; PREMATURE MORTALITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MORTALITY RISK; PARTICLE SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREMATURE MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

JAPAN;

EID: 84874601116     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1508-2     Document Type: Article

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