Health effects of fine particulate matter in life cycle impact assessment: findings from the Basel Guidance Workshop

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 276-288

  Fantke, Peter ^a   Jolliet, Olivier ^b   Evans, John S ^c,d   Apte, Joshua S ^e   Cohen, Aaron J ^f   Hänninen, Otto O ^g   Hurley, Fintan ^h   Jantunen, Matti J ^g   Jerrett, Michael ⁱ   Levy, Jonathan I ^j   Loh, Miranda M ^k   Marshall, Julian D ^l   Miller, Brian G ^h   Preiss, Philipp ^m   Spadaro, Joseph V ⁿ   Tainio, Marko ^o,p   Tuomisto, Jouni T ^g   Weschler, Charles J ^a,q   McKone, Thomas E ^i,r  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Health Effects Institute   (United States)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^m Econcept AG   (Switzerland)

ⁿ BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^o SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^q RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Air pollution; Exposure response function; Fine particulate matter; Global guidance; Human health effects; Intake fraction; Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA)

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 84922101886     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0822-2     Document Type: Review

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