Public Health Costs of Primary PM2.5 and Inorganic PM2.5 Precursor Emissions in the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 6061-6070

  Heo, Jinhyok ^a,b   Adams, Peter J ^a   Gao, H Oliver ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COST ESTIMATING; COSTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLICY RESEARCHES; REDUCED-FORM MODELING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERE; CALIFORNIA; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MAINE; MORTALITY; NEW MEXICO; PRECURSOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES; TEXAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84973649576     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b06125     Document Type: Article

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