Environmental Burden of Disease due to Emissions of Hard Coal- and Lignite-Fired Power Plants in Germany

• Main Authors: Michaela Liebig-Gonglach (Author), Lina Neunhäuserer (Author), Jeroen Kuenen (Author), Barbara Hoffmann (Author), Vanessa Soppa (Author), Volker Diegmann (Author), Claudia Hornberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: The study estimated the environmental burden of disease (EBD) attributable to a long-term exposure of the population to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions from hard coal- and lignite-fired power plants in Germany for the year 2015.Methods: The contributi...