Climate and health impacts of US emissions reductions consistent with 2 °c

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 503-507

  Shindell, Drew T ^a   Lee, Yunha ^a   Faluvegi, Greg ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRAJECTORY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964937329     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2935     Document Type: Article

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