Modeled global effects of airborne desert dust on air quality and premature mortality

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 957-968

  Giannadaki, D ^a   Pozzer, A ^b   Lelieveld, J ^a,b  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY;

FAR EAST; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84893360745     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-957-2014     Document Type: Article

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