Air pollution characteristics and health risks in Henan Province, China

Environmental Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2017, Pages 625-634

  Shen, Fuzhen ^a   Ge, Xinlei ^a   Hu, Jianlin ^a   Nie, Dongyang ^a   Tian, Li ^b   Chen, Mindong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Henan Institute of Meteorological Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality index; Criteria pollutants; Health risk; PM10; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INDEX METHOD; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA; HENAN; ZHENGZHOU;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 85018639201     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.04.026     Document Type: Article

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