Effect of air pollution controls on black smoke and sulfur dioxide concentrations across Ireland

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-213

  Goodman, Patrick G ^a   Rich, David Q ^b   Zeka, Ariana ^c   Clancy, Luke ^d   Dockery, Douglas W ^e  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society   (Ireland)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SMOKE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; BLACK SMOKE; COAL-BURNING; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; IRISH GOVERNMENT; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PARTICULATE LEVELS; POLLUTION EPISODES;

COAL;

COAL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; GAS ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; IRELAND; LAW; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; SUMMER; TOPOGRAPHY; WINTER;

EID: 77249113750     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.2.207     Document Type: Article

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