Internal migration and urbanization in China: Impacts on population exposure to household air pollution (2000-2010)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 481, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 186-195

  Aunan, Kristin ^a,b   Wang, Shuxiao ^c,d  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION KEY LABORATORY OF SOURCES AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION COMPLEX   (China)

Author keywords

China; Household air pollution; Migration; PM2.5; Population exposure; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; CHINA; HEALTH BENEFITS; HOUSEHOLD FUELS; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; MIGRATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; FUELS; HEALTH;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

FUEL;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD AIR POLLUTION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MIGRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION WEIGHTED EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

CHINA; HOUSEHOLD AIR POLLUTION; MIGRATION; PM(2.5); POPULATION EXPOSURE; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84896835318     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.073     Document Type: Article

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