Regulatory assessment for chemicals: A rapid appraisal cost-benefit approach

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 435-449

  Pearce, David ^a,b   Koundouri, Phoebe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Disability adjusted life years (DALYs); REACH; Value of a life year (VOLY); Value of a statistical life (VOSL)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR OXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REGISTRATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 13944264059     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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