A systems approach to evaluating the air quality co-benefits of US carbon policies

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 917-923

  Thompson, Tammy M ^a,c   Rausch, Sebastian ^a,d   Saari, Rebecca K ^b   Selin, Noelle E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923185461     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2342     Document Type: Article

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