Establishing Policy Relevant Background (PRB) ozone concentrations in the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 9484-9497

  McDonald Buller, Elena C ^a   Allen, David T ^a   Brown, Nancy ^b   Jacob, Daniel J ^c   Jaffe, Daniel ^d   Kolb, Charles E ^e   Lefohn, Allen S ^f   Oltmans, Samuel ^g   Parrish, David D ^g   Yarwood, Greg ^h   Zhang, Lin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^e AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^f ASL & Associates   (United States)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MARGIN OF SAFETY; ME-XICO; MODEL PREDICTION; MORTALITY RISK; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE MONITORING; RULEMAKING PROCESS; STRINGENT STANDARDS;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ESTIMATION; HEALTH; OZONE; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HEALTH RISKS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; PEROXYACETYLNITRATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK; OZONE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; POLICY RELEVANT BACKGROUND OZONE CONCENTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; OZONE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 81055133810     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2022818     Document Type: Review

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