Monetization 18of health damages from road noise with implications for monetizing health impacts in life cycle assessment

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 13, Issue 13-14, 2005, Pages 1235-1245

  Hofstetter, Patrick ^a   Müller Wenk, Ruedi ^b  

^a Büro für Analyse and Ökologie BAO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disability adjusted life years; External costs; Life cycle impact assessment; Noise impacts; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COSTS; HEALTH CARE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIFE CYCLE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; EXTERNAL COSTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NOISE IMPACT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 22644437262     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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