Does reducing air pollution improve human health? Evidence from accountability studies

EM: Air and Waste Management Association's Magazine for Environmental Managers

Volumn , Issue OCTOBER, 2012, Pages 16-21

  Pope III, C Arden ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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