The health benefits of reduced tropospheric ozone in california

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1007-1021

  Ostro, Bart D ^a   Tran, Hien ^b   Levy, Jonathan I ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; TROPOSPHERE;

AMBIENT LEVELS; HEALTH BENEFITS; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

OZONE;

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MORTALITY; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 33747148553     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464511     Document Type: Article

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