Caution, drivers! children present: Traffic, pollution, and infant health

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 350-366

  Knittel, Christopher R ^a,b   Miller, Douglas L ^b,c   Sanders, Nicholas J ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84964026714     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00548     Document Type: Article

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