Efficacy of Recent Emissions Controls on Road Vehicles in Europe and Implications for Public Health

Abstract Road traffic is a major source of urban air pollution responsible for substantial premature mortality. Until recently, attention has focussed primarily on exhaust emissions of particulate matter from traffic as a causal factor. From analysis of air quality measurement data from the UK and F...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roy M. Harrison, David C. Beddows
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01135-2