Are the elements of the proposed ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards informed by the best available science?

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 134-140

  Goodman, Julie E ^a   Sax, Sonja N ^a   Lange, Sabine ^b   Rhomberg, Lorenz R ^a  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

^b Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled exposure studies; Epidemiology studies; National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Ozone

Indexed keywords

OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; AVERAGING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; SCIENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OZONE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 84927633970     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2015.04.001     Document Type: Note

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