Premature mortality in Japan due to ozone

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 538-545

  Nawahda, Amin ^a   Yamashita, Ken ^b   Ohara, Toshimasa ^c   Kurokawa, Junichi ^b   Ohizumi, Tsuyoshi ^b   Chen, Fang ^b   Akimoto, Hajime ^b  

^a SOHAR UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

CMAQ REAS; Exposure; Japan; Ozone; Premature mortality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; CMAQ/REAS; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODELS; EMISSION INVENTORIES; EXPOSURE; JAPAN; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PREMATURE MORTALITY;

AIR QUALITY;

OZONE;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MORTALITY; OZONE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA; WIND;

JAPAN;

EID: 84885416089     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.049     Document Type: Article

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