Atmospheric mercury footprints of nations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3566-3574

  Liang, Sai ^a   Wang, Yafei ^b   Cinnirella, Sergio ^c   Pirrone, Nicola ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

^d CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; PRODUCTIVITY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; DEVELOPING NATIONS; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PRODUCTION ACTIVITY; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; AIR POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY FOOTPRINT; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; BULGARIA; CALCULATION; CANADA; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CYPRUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; DESULFURIZATION; ESTONIA; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INDIA; INDONESIA; IRELAND; ITALY; JAPAN; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; LUXEMBOURG; MALTA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEXICO; MINING; NETHERLANDS; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PRODUCTIVITY; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH KOREA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TAIWAN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; INTERNATIONALITY; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84925015163     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503977y     Document Type: Article

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