Health effects and social costs of particulate pollution - A case study for Oslo

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 47-61

  Rosendahl, Knut Einar ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Externalities; Health effects; Integrated approach; Social costs

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH; INTEGRATED CONTROL; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION;

DOSE-RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ECONOMIC WELFARE; EXTERNALITIES; HEALTH EFFECTS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PARTICULATE POLLUTION; SOCIAL COST;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EFFECT; WELFARE IMPACT;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

EID: 0032388887     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1019054604439     Document Type: Article

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