Beyond a one-time scandal: Europe’s ongoing diesel pollution problem

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2016, Pages A20-A22

  Schmidt, Charles W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; CAR; CARCINOGENICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; GASOLINE;

EID: 85017048486     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.124-A19     Document Type: Note

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