Open AccessAir pollution in Mongolia
Author(s) -
Sophie Cousins
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.19.020219
Subject(s) - air pollution , government (linguistics) , environmental protection , environmental health , capital city , population , pollution , public health , environmental planning , geography , medicine , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , economic geography , nursing , organic chemistry , biology
Starting in May, the government of Mongolia will introduce a coal burning ban in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, as part of efforts to clean up the city's air. Implementing the ban is going to be a challenge, but reducing air pollution is of fundamental importance to improving population health. Sophie Cousins reports.
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