Ambient PM2.5 Reduces Global and Regional Life Expectancy

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 546-551

  Apte, Joshua S ^a   Brauer, Michael ^b   Cohen, Aaron J ^c   Ezzati, Majid ^d   Pope, C Arden ^e  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Health Effects Institute   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DISEASES;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); INTER QUARTILE RANGES; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; QUALITY GUIDELINES; WEIGHTED MEDIAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 85052894524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00360     Document Type: Article

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