Measuring the gains from improved air quality in the San Joaquin Valley

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1003-1015

  Hall, Jane V ^a   Brajer, Victor ^a   Lurmann, Frederick W ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Benefit maximization; Control strategies; Economic costs; Health effects

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BENEFIT MAXIMIZATION; CALIFORNIA; CONTROL STRATEGIES; ECONOMIC COSTS; HEALTH EFFECTS; LOCAL ECONOMY; LOCAL POPULATIONS; POLLUTION REDUCTION; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY;

AIR QUALITY;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47249086112     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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