Residential building codes, affordability, and health protection: A risk-tradeoff approach

Risk Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1037-1058

  Hammitt, James K ^b   Belsky, Eric S ^b   Levy, Jonathan I ^b   Graham, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Building codes; Health effects; Housing; QALY; Risk tradeoff analysis

Indexed keywords

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUILDING CODES; HEALTH RISKS; HOUSES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH RISK;

CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; COST; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSING; INCOME; MORBIDITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; FIRES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; LEAD POISONING; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 0033432656     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007070325219     Document Type: Review

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