Health-related benefits of attaining the 8-hr ozone standard

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-82

  Hubbell, Bryan J ^a   Hallberg, Aaron ^b   McCubbin, Donald R ^b   Post, Ellen ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Benefit analysis; Health impact assessment; Ozone; Standards

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12744274586     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7186     Document Type: Article

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