Short-term improvements in public health from global-climate policies on fossil-fuel combustion: An interim report

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Volumn 350, Issue 9088, 1997, Pages 1341-1349

  Davis, Devra Lee ^a  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031573169     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)10209-4     Document Type: Article

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