Air pollution in China: Status and spatiotemporal variations

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 227, Issue , 2017, Pages 334-347

  Song, Congbo ^a   Wu, Lin ^a   Xie, Yaochen ^b   He, Jianjun ^c   Chen, Xi ^d   Wang, Ting ^a   Lin, Yingchao ^a   Jin, Taosheng ^a   Wang, Anxu ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Dai, Qili ^a   Liu, Baoshuang ^a   Wang, Ya nan ^a   Mao, Hongjun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^d TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; Major pollutant; Spatial variation; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOG; NITROGEN OXIDES; QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION IN CHINAS; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; CHINA; MAJOR POLLUTANT; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR QUALITY;

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

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER; ANALYSIS; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85018755187     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.075     Document Type: Article

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