Acid rain in Europe and the United States: An update

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 253-265

  Menz, Fredric C ^a,b   Seip, Hans M ^b,c  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Acid rain policy; Acidic deposition; Air pollution

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ACIDIFICATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043112211     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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