Role of science and judgment in setting national ambient air quality standards: How low is low enough?

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 243-258

  McClellan, Roger O ^a  

^a Toxicology and Human Health Risk Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean Air Act; Criteria pollutants; Ozone; Particulate matter; Policy; Regulations; Risk

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HYDROCARBON; OXIDATION; OXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; THRESHOLD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861231291     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-011-0147-2     Document Type: Review

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