Health risk assessment of inhalable particulate matter in Beijing based on the thermal environment

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12368-12388

  Xu, Lin Yu ^a   Yin, Hao ^a   Xie, Xiao Dong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Health risk; PM10; Remote sensing; Urban heat island (UHI)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NDVI; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH HAZARD; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEAT; HUMAN; SPACE FLIGHT; URBAN POPULATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPACECRAFT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84914671527     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111212368     Document Type: Article

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