Emissions reduction policies and recent trends in Southern California’s ambient air quality

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 324-335

  Lurmann, Fred ^a   Avol, Ed ^b   Gilliland, Frank ^b  

^a SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; HEALTH; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POPULATION STATISTICS;

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; HEALTH BASED STANDARDS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PM10 CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION REDUCTION; REGULATORY POLICIES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OZONE; REACTIVE ORGANIC GAS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PUBLIC POLICY; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84942122563     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2014.991856     Document Type: Article

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