Air pollution control policies in China: A retrospective and prospects

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Jin, Yana ^a   Andersson, Henrik ^b   Zhang, Shiqiu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; Control policy

Indexed keywords

OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; POLICY REFORM; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; LAW; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLITICS; REVIEW; STANDARD; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85006955761     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13121219     Document Type: Review

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