Local air quality management as a risk management process: Assessing, managing and remediating the risk of exceeding an air quality objective in Great Britain

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 934-947

  Longhurst, J W S ^a   Beattie, C I ^a   Chatterton, T J ^a   Hayes, E T ^a   Leksmono, N S ^a   Woodfield, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH CARE; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AIR QUALITY OBJECTIVE (AQO); GENERIC ELEMENTS; LOCAL AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT (LAQM);

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EVALUATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCREENING; SOCIAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750305251     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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