Health burdens of surface ozone in the UK for a range of future scenarios

Environment International

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-44

  Heal, Mathew R ^a   Heaviside, Clare ^b   Doherty, Ruth M ^a   Vieno, Massimo ^c   Stevenson, David S ^a   Vardoulakis, Sotiris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Future emissions scenarios; Health impact assessment; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOSPITALS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OZONE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; RESPIRATORY MORBIDITY;

HEALTH;

OZONE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84884943622     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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