title: Health risks of SO2 released from coal-fired plants: a model for general evaluations.
abstract: A model recently proposed for evaluation of health risks from airborne effluents released by the nuclear cycle is applied to SO2 release by coal-fired plants. The main feature of the model is that it makes such evaluations extremely simple by not requiring any detailed knowledge of the local concentrations of the pollutant considered. A schematization of the behavior of the pollutant into the atmosphere is proposed taking into account deposition and SO2-SO4 conversion. An example of application is worked out and discussed.
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D003031:Coal; D008954:Models, Biological; D012306:Risk; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D003031:Coal; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide