Mercury emissions by Beijing's fossil energy consumption: Based on environmentally extended input-output analysis

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 1167-1175

  Li, J S ^a   Chen, G Q ^a,b   Hayat, T ^b,c   Alsaedi, A ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Beijing; Embodied mercury emissions; Fossil energy; Input output analysis

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEALTH RISKS; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BEIJING; DIRECT EMISSIONS; EMBODIED MERCURY EMISSION; FOSSIL ENERGY; FOSSIL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HUMAN HEALTH; INPUT/OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MERCURY EMISSIONS; URBAN REGIONS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84962703554     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.08.073     Document Type: Review

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