Health benefits from large-scale ozone reduction in the United States

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1404-1410

  Berman, Jesse D ^a   Fann, Neal ^b   Hollingsworth, John W ^c   Pinkerton, Kent E ^c   Rom, William N ^c   Szema, Anthony M ^c   Breysse, Patrick N ^a   White, Ronald H ^d   Curriero, Frank C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Environmental Health Policy Committee of the American Thoracic Society   (United States)

^d RH White Consultants LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Health benefits; Health impact assessment; Ozone; Standards

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OZONE DEPLETION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORBIDITY; OZONE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 84867152109     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104851     Document Type: Article

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