Formaldehyde (HCHO) As a Hazardous Air Pollutant: Mapping Surface Air Concentrations from Satellite and Inferring Cancer Risks in the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 5650-5657

  Zhu, Lei ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a,b   Keutsch, Frank N ^a,c   Mickley, Loretta J ^a   Scheffe, Richard ^d   Strum, Madeleine ^d   González Abad, Gonzalo ^e   Chance, Kelly ^e   Yang, Kai ^f   Rappenglück, Bernhard ^g   Millet, Dylan B ^h   Baasandorj, Munkhbayar ^h,j   Jaeglé, Lyatt ⁱ   Shah, Viral ⁱ  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^f Bldg 142   (United States)

^g University of Houston   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j Utah Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FORMALDEHYDE; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SPRAY GUNS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS; URBAN GROWTH;

ATMOSPHERIC OXIDATION; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; MONITORING NETWORK; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; SURFACE OBSERVATION; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

FORMALDEHYDE; ISOPRENE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA QUALITY; FORMALDEHYDE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; ISOPRENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; OXIDATION; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING; RISK;

UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020894738     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01356     Document Type: Article

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