Development of a new damage function model for power plants: Methodology and applications

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 4364-4372

  Levy, Jonathan I ^a   Hammitt, James K ^a   Yanagisawa, Yukio ^a,b   Spengler, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNCTIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DAMAGE FUNCTION MODEL;

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; LEAD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HUMAN; MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033572002     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es990634+     Document Type: Article

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