The value of mortality risk reductions in Delhi, India

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-47

  Bhattacharya, Soma ^a   Alberini, Anna ^a   Cropper, Maureen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality risk valuation; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846538646     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-006-9002-5     Document Type: Article

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