Health risk assessment of inhalable particulate matter in beijing based on the thermal environment.

This study attempted to accomplish concurrent thermal environment regulation and elimination of PM10 health risks through control of UHI intensity. The results indicate that urban Beijing has a higher PM10 health risk than rural areas; PM10 health risk based on the thermal environment is 1.145, which is similar to the health risk calculated (1.144) from the PM10 concentration inversion; according to the regulation results, regulation of UHI and NDVI is effective and helpful for mitigation of PM10 health risk in functional zones. PMID: 25464132 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25464132?dopt=Abstract

Source: Rural Remote Health - December 5, 2014 Category: Rural Health Authors: Xu LY, Yin H, Xie XD Tags: Int J Environ Res Public Health Source Type: research

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