Societal costs of air pollution-related health hazards: A review of methods and results

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Pervin, Tanjima ^a   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a   Lyttkens, Carl Hampus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AIR POLLUTION; CALCULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53149083402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-6-19     Document Type: Review

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