Assessing the impact of aviation environmental policies on public health

Transport Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-28

  Brunelle Yeung, Elza ^a   Masek, Tudor ^a   Rojo, Julien J ^a   Levy, Jonathan I ^b   Arunachalam, Saravanan ^c   Miller, Sondra M ^d   Barrett, Steven R H ^e,f   Kuhn, Stephen R ^a   Waitz, Ian A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Boise State University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Emissions; Health; Model; Policy; Surrogate

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR TRANSPORTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904090593     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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