Economic impacts of urban air pollution: Valuation for Mumbai, India

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 498-515

  Parikh, Jyoti K ^a   Hadker, Nandini ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cost of illness method; Economic valuation; Morbidity; Mortality; Mumbai; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ECONOMIC IMPACTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; POLLUTION POLICY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; INDIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; URBAN AREA; WORKING TIME;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 0141539227     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2003.004325     Document Type: Article

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