Environmental equity in air quality management: Local and international implications for human health and climate change

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 570-577

  O'Neill, Marie S ^a   Kinney, Patrick L ^b   Cohen, Aaron J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Health Effects Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 46749115985     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390801997625     Document Type: Review

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