Power Generation and Human Health

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 640-647

  von Stackelberg, K ^a  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Electricity generation; Health effects; Life cycle; Mercury; Nitrogen oxides; Ozone; Particulate matter; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991645927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00186-0     Document Type: Chapter

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