Mortality in appalachian coal mining regions: The value of statistical life lost

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 541-550

  Hendryx, Michael ^a   Ahern, Melissa M ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COAL MINING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS;

APPALACHIAN REGION; COAL MINING; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 68049101028     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400411     Document Type: Article

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