Air pollution reduction in China: Recent success but great challenge for the future

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 663, Issue , 2019, Pages 329-337

  Zeng, Yingying ^a   Cao, Yuanfei ^a   Qiao, Xue ^a   Seyler, Barnabas C ^a   Tang, Ya ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Administrative power; Air pollution; Challenges; Policies; Pollution reduction

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PUBLIC POLICY;

ADMINISTRATIVE POWER; AIR POLLUTANT EMISSION; CHALLENGES; INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS; POLICIES AND MEASURES; POLLUTION REDUCTION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETER); NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEATHER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 85060768628     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.262     Document Type: Article

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