Health benefits of improving air quality in Taiyuan, China

Environment International

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 235-242

  Tang, Deliang ^a,c   Wang, Cuicui ^b   Nie, Jiesheng ^a   Chen, Renjie ^b   Niu, Qiao ^a   Kan, Haidong ^b   Chen, Bingheng ^b   Perera, Frederica ^c  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Disability adjusted life years; Health benefits; Particulate matter; Value of statistical life

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; HEALTH BENEFITS; PARTICULATE MATTER; VALUE OF STATISTICAL LIVES;

HEALTH;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

CHINA; SHANXI; TAIYUAN;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84907302759     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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