Regionalized life cycle impact assessment of air pollution on the global scale: Damage to human health and vegetation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 134, Issue , 2016, Pages 129-137

  van Zelm, Rosalie ^a   Preiss, Philipp ^b,c   van Goethem, Thomas ^a   Van Dingenen, Rita ^d   Huijbregts, Mark ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Characterization factor; Damage factor; Intake fraction; Mortality; Photochemical ozone; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH; LIFE CYCLE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOXIC MATERIALS; VEGETATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHARACTERIZATION FACTORS; DAMAGE FACTOR; INTAKE FRACTION; MORTALITY; PHOTOCHEMICAL OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AFRICA; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; CANCER MORTALITY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL ASIAN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; FRACTIONATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; IRELAND; JAPAN; KAZAKHSTAN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LUNG CANCER; LUXEMBOURG; MEXICO; MONGOLIA; MORTALITY RATE; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTH KOREA; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; WEST AFRICAN;

EID: 84961878170     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.03.044     Document Type: Article

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