Do new health conditions support mortality-air pollution effects?

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 496-518

  Evans, Mary F ^a   Smith, V Kerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Morbidity effects

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

FINE PARTICLES; HEALTH CONDITIONS; MECHANISTIC PATHWAYS; MORBIDITY EFFECTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION CONTROL; HEALTH AND DISEASE; POLLUTION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27544495974     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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