Quantifying the health impacts of air pollution under a changing climate-a review of approaches and methodology

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-160

  Sujaritpong, Sarunya ^a   Dear, Keith ^a   Cope, Martin ^b   Walsh, Sean ^c   Kjellstrom, Tord ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^c VIC Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Health; Methodology; Projection

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; BREATHING DISORDER; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84894672711     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-012-0625-8     Document Type: Article

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