Characterization and source apportionment of health risks from ambient PM10 in Hong Kong over 2000-2011

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 892-899

  Li, Zhiyuan ^a   Yuan, Zibing ^b   Li, Ying ^a   Lau, Alexis K H ^a,b   Louie, Peter K K ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Health risk; Hong Kong; PM10; Source apportionment; Spatiotemporal variation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRSHIPS; COAL COMBUSTION; DISEASES; FACTORIZATION; HEALTH; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; HONG-KONG; NON-CANCER RISKS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SECONDARY NITRATES; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HEALTH RISKS;

COAL; TRACE METAL;

AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS BURNING; CANCER; COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANCER RISK; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; INHALATION; MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84951570323     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.06.025     Document Type: Article

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