New Jersey: A case study of the reduction in urban and suburban air pollution from the 1950s to 2010

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1351-1355

  Lioy, Paul J ^a   Georgopoulos, Panos G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Clean air act; Control strategy; Criteria air pollutants; History; NAAQS; New Jersey; Ozone; PM; Sprawl

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; GASOLINE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOOT; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053442298     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103540     Document Type: Article

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