Will the circle be unbroken: A history of the U.S. national ambient air quality standards

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 650-651

  Chow, Judith C ^a   Biswas, Pratim ^a   Eatough, Delbert ^a   Ellis, Howard ^a   McDade, Charles ^a   Mueller, Peter ^a   Overcamp, Tom ^a   Watson, John ^a   Wu, Chang Yu ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ACT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HISTORY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250839369     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.57.6.650     Document Type: Editorial

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