Assessing the health benefits of urban air pollution reductions associated with climate change mitigation (2000-2020): Santiago, São Paulo, México City, and New York City

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2001, Pages 419-425

  Cifuentes, L ^a   Borja Aburto, V H ^a   Gouveia, N ^a   Thurston, G ^a   Davis, D L ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate policy; Greenhouse gases mitigation; Morbidity; Mortality; Ozone; Particulate matter; Public health

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL; OZONE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CITY; CLIMATE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WORK;

EID: 0034948722     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109s3419     Document Type: Article

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