Response of global particulate-matter-related mortality to changes in local precursor emissions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4335-4344

  Lee, Colin J ^a   Martin, Randall V ^a,b   Henze, Daven K ^c   Brauer, Michael ^d   Cohen, Aaron ^e   Donkelaar, Aaron Van ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Health Effects Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AMMONIA; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; CALCULATED SENSITIVITY; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); POPULATION DENSITIES; PREMATURE MORTALITY;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMMONIA; BIOFUEL; BLACK CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFATE; AEROSOL; GAS; NITROGEN OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON EMISSION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMBUSTION; EASTERN EUROPE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREMATURE MORTALITY; REMOTE SENSING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAR EAST; GAS; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EUROPE; FAR EAST;

AEROSOLS; AMMONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FAR EAST; GASES; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; SULFATES;

EID: 84926483334     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00873     Document Type: Article

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