Estimation of damage to human health due to forest burning in the Amazon

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 593-610

  Cardoso De Mendonça, Mário Jorge ^a   Sachsida, Adolfo ^b   Loureiro, Paulo R A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA ECONÔMICA APLICADA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Fire; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745614872     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0066-y     Document Type: Article

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