Air quality and human health improvements from reductions in deforestation-related fire in Brazil

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 768-771

  Reddington, C L ^a   Butt, E W ^a   Ridley, D A ^b   Artaxo, P ^c   Morgan, W T ^d   Coe, H ^d   Spracklen, D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84942753635     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2535     Document Type: Article

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