Economic activity and trends in ambient air pollution

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 614-619

  Davis, Mary E ^a,b   Laden, Francine ^b,c   Hart, Jaime E ^b,c   Garshick, Eric ^c,d   Smith, Thomas J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Business cycle; Chronic disease; Diesel; Economy; Epidemiology; Traffic exposure; Trucking industry

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXHAUST GAS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAZE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77951743367     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901145     Document Type: Article

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