Upset over air pollution: Analyzing upset event emissions at petroleum refineries

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-382

  Ozymy, Joshua ^a   Jarrell, Melissa L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Governance; Health and medicine; Industry studies; Pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960041178     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2011.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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