PM2.5 and ozone health impacts and disparities in New York City: Sensitivity to spatial and temporal resolution

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 473-486

  Kheirbek, Iyad ^a   Wheeler, Katherine ^a   Walters, Sarah ^a   Kass, Daniel ^a   Matte, Thomas ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality management; Health impact analysis; Ozone; PM2.5; Public health burden; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878202260     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-012-0185-4     Document Type: Article

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