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Heavy Air Pollution in Beijing and Possible Impact on Olympic Athletes
Author(s) -
Salthammer Tunga
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clean – soil, air, water
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1863-0669
pISSN - 1863-0650
DOI - 10.1002/clen.200800150
Subject(s) - beijing , china , athletes , air pollution , pollution , political science , geography , environmental science , medicine , archaeology , ecology , chemistry , physical therapy , organic chemistry , biology
In 2001 the Olympic Games were awarded to the city of Beijing, China's second‐largest industrial center after Shanghai. Although the extreme air pollution in Greater Beijing has already been examined for some time in the scientific literature, it only gained public interest recently. The article summarizes the scientific facts.