Did the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 really improve air quality?

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-367

  Harrington, Winston ^a   Morgenstern, Richard ^a   Shih, Jhih Shyang ^a   Bell, Michelle L ^b  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Air pollution; Clean air act; Source receptor

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEDERAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL METHOD; POWER PLANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870476821     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-012-0176-5     Document Type: Article

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