Global air quality and health co-benefits of mitigating near-term climate change through methane and black carbon emission controls

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 831-839

  Anenberg, Susan C ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^b   Shindell, Drew ^c   Amann, Markus ^d   Faluvegi, Greg ^c   Klimont, Zbigniew ^d   Janssens Maenhout, Greet ^e   Pozzoli, Luca ^e   van Dingenen, Rita ^e   Vignati, Elisabetta ^e   Emberson, Lisa ^f   Muller, Nicholas Z ^g   Jason West, J ^h   Williams, Martin ⁱ   Demkine, Volodymyr ^j   Kevin Hicks, W ^f   Kuylenstierna, Johan ^f   Raes, Frank ^e   Ramanathan, Veerabhadran ^k  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^h IL   (United States)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j University of California San Diego ^*

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Air quality; Climate change; Health impact analysis; Outdoor air; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOOT;

EID: 84862027750     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104301     Document Type: Article

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