Impact of the Volkswagen emissions control defeat device on US public health

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Barrett, Steven R H ^a   Speth, Raymond L ^a   Eastham, Sebastian D ^b   Dedoussi, Irene C ^a   Ashok, Akshay ^a   Malina, Robert ^a   Keith, David W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

air quality; defeat devices; emissions control; light duty vehicles; public health

Indexed keywords

AIR ENGINES; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DIESEL ENGINES; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SALES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEHICLES;

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; DEFEAT DEVICES; EMISSIONS CONTROL; EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEMS; EMISSIONS MEASUREMENTS; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

AIR QUALITY; COST ANALYSIS; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION CONTROL; HEALTH IMPACT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949008117     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/114005     Document Type: Article

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