Air pollution and mortality: Quantification and valuation of years of life lost

Risk Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 843-

  Leksell, Ingemar ^a   Rabl, Ari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Discounting; Life expectancy; Monetary valuation; Mortality; Particulate matter; Value of life; Years of life lost

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LOSS OF LIFE EXPECTANCY (LEE);

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0035679484     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0272-4332.215156     Document Type: Article

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