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Health effects of air quality regulations in Delhi, India

• 01/03/2011
• Atmospheric Environment

This, the first systematic study, quantifies the health effects of air quality regulations in Delhi, which adopted radical measures to improve air quality, including, for example, the conversion of all commercial vehicles to compressed natural gas (CNG), and the closure of polluting industries in residential areas from 2000 to 2002.

• Tags:
  • Air Pollution
  • Air Pollution Control
  • Vehicular Pollution
  • Urban Air Quality
  • Air Quality Regulations
  • Air Quality Management
  • CNG
  • Industrial Pollution
  • Delhi
  • India

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