Air quality in lanzhou, a major industrial city in China: Characteristics of air pollution and review of existing evidence from air pollution and health studies

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Yaqun ^a,b   Li, Min ^c   Bravo, Mercedes A ^d   Jin, Lan ^d   Nori Sarma, Amruta ^d   Xu, Yanwen ^b   Guan, Donghong ^b   Wang, Chengyuan ^b   Chen, Mingxia ^b   Wang, Xiao ^b   Tao, Wei ^b   Qiu, Weitao ^e   Zhang, Yawei ^f   Bell, Michelle L ^d,f  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gansu Provincial Design and Research Institute of Environmental Science   (China)

^c Gansu Provincial Environmental Monitoring Central Station   (China)

^d Yale University   (United States)

^e GANSU PROVINCIAL MATERNITY AND CHILD CARE HOSPITAL   (China)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; Human health; Lanzhou; Nitrogen dioxide; Particulate matter; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA; HUMAN HEALTH; LANZHOU; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; HEALTH HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU;

EID: 84913548680     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2187-3     Document Type: Article

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